By Cheta Nwanze Government in Nigeria “is detached from its people at every level of the federation”, said Chidi Odinkalu, chair of the National Human Rights Commission, when interviewed for ARI’s 2016 briefing note “State(s) of crisis”. For most Nigerians, […]
Vous avez été nombreux à nous poser des questions sur la carte d’identité biométrique CEDEAO suite à son lancement officiel par le Chef de l’Etat Macky Sall le 4 octobre 2016. Nous avons ici récolté les 10 demandes les plus […]
Par Peter KUM D’après le journal nigérian Daily Trust, les populations installées sur la presqu’île de Bakassi, dans la Région du Sud-Ouest du Cameroun, ne pourraient plus se justifier de leur nationalité. Selon le journal, ladite révélation a été faite le […]
By Emilie Iob Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara presented the draft of the new constitution to parliament Wednesday. Among the reforms is the removal of a clause that helped trigger civil war five years ago. The clause, Article 35, required […]
In what can be described as walking the talk on public sector reforms, the Malawi government is set to launch the much awaited National Identity Cards – 12 years after such attempts by previous regimes. Speaking in an interview ith […]
By: Gbade Ogunwale, Abuja The Director-General of the Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), Mr. Ashishana Okauru, has called on governors to embrace the National Identity Card project for demographic and governance planning. According to him, there is enormous political mileage to […]
Tigo, UNICEF Ghana and Births and Deaths Registry were recognised at the just ended 71st annual session of the United Nations (UN) General Assembly for innovative mobile application designed to make birth registration of children smart, quick and reliable in […]
I am sure for many, the right to official identification is usually the last item on the list and at times, it never crops up. Did you know that there are about 2.4 billion people in the world today who […]
RAPPORT DE PRESENTATION Le présent projet de décret a pour objet de définir les modalités d’application de la loi n° 2016-09 du 14 mars 2016 instituant une carte d’identité biométrique CEDEAO. En effet, l’institution d’une carte d’identité biométrique constitue la décision […]
Au Cameroun, alors que certains de nos dirigeants possèdent une double nationalité, et ne sont pas inquiétés dans la gestion des affaires, on constate une interdiction formelle à des artistes camerounais d’accéder aux hautes fonctions dans les sociétés de gestion […]
By Nakato Tausi Jinja — Sixty per cent of foreigners in Jinja District are in possession of documents that identifies them as citizens of Uganda, rendering them eligible to run retail and other petty businesses they would ideally not have […]
The Minister for Constitutional and Legal Affairs, Dr Harrison Mwakyembe has launched the under-five birth registration initiative in Iringa and Njombe regions that will benefit more than 200,000 under five children in the two regions, According to a statement issued […]