Summary: Nigeria has long known the importance of identification, though it has wrestled with developing a robust identity program. In 1978, the Department of National Civil Registration (DNCR) was set up within the Federal Ministry of Interior (FMI). DNCR was […]
The Government of Sierra Leone (GOSL) has developed an ambitious plan in 2014 to reform civil registration in the country and to establish a national identity register. The planned reforms showcase significant effort taken by the government and a strong […]
The Government of Liberia (GOL) enacted the National Identification Registry Act in 2011 to establish national identification in the country. The law called for the setup of a National Identification Registry (NIR) to be responsible for issuing a biometric-based identification […]
Identification schemes are key enablers for more efficient and effective delivery of basic public services, such as health, education, and social protection programs. The latter rely on knowledge of the population within socioeconomic surveys to target the poor and establish […]
La Représentation du Haut Commissariat des Nations Unies pour les Réfugiés au Niger vient d’organiser ce mardi 2 juin à Niamey un atelier de validation de l’étude sur la problématique de la documentation des populations déplacées en provenance du Nigéria, […]
Chapter 172 of the Laws of Kenya. Incorporating amendments made by the Security Laws Amendment Act 2014. Download file: Kenya Citizenship and Immigration Act 2011 (as amended to 2015)
Par Dr Boubacar Hassane, Consultant Résumé: Les attaques armées qui se sont intensifiées au cours des dernières années dans le Nord est du Nigéria ont entrainé le déplacement de dizaines de milliers de personnes vers la région frontalière de Diffa […]
Le code de la nationalité est la loi N° 79-12 adoptée le 12 décembre 1979. Peu connue, elle a fait l’objet de tant de transgressions, notamment à propos de la loi de la citoyenneté économique, et d’interprétations parfois légères dans […]
In a village on the outskirts of Kenya’s capital Nairobi, 53-year-old Margaret Maposa embroiders seat covers for a customer, sitting with her niece Elizabeth Moyo, who is weaving a multi-colored basket. Both women wear white headscarves, subtle markers of their […]
The cost for a proposed new passport has sparked public anger in Sierra Leone after the Immigration department announced it was preparing a new, biometric passport to replace the current one with a cost of Le500, 000 (US$100).Many say the […]
The UN has proposed that providing a “legal identity for all” is one of its Sustainable Development Goals, yet proposes to measure progress against this goal simply in terms of birth registration rates. Edgar A. Whitley and Bronwen Manby explore […]
The accounting officer in the Ministry of labour and Home Affairs Pearl Matome on Wednesday said more Zimbabweans have been given Botswana citizenship than other foreigners.Appearing before the Botswana parliament’s Public Accounts Committee, Matome said of the 15,000 people who […]