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Togo: Identification biométrique : lancement des enregistrements de masse prévu au dernier trimestre 2023

August 31, 2023 9:19 am Published by Comments Off on Togo: Identification biométrique : lancement des enregistrements de masse prévu au dernier trimestre 2023

(Togo First) – Au Togo, le démarrage des opérations d’enregistrement biométrique dans le cadre du projet de numéro d’identification unique est prévu au dernier trimestre de cette année. C’est ce qu’a annoncé l’Agence nationale d’identification (ANID), à la faveur de […]


Nigeria: NIN registration: FG records 48% of monthly target

August 31, 2023 9:11 am Published by Comments Off on Nigeria: NIN registration: FG records 48% of monthly target

By Temitayo Jaiyeola The National Identity Management Commission has only been able to meet 47.6 per cent of the Federal Government’s monthly target of 2.5 million registrations in the first eight months of the year, according to findings by The […]


Cameroon begins campaign to issue 500k birth certificates to undocumented children

August 29, 2023 6:46 pm Published by Comments Off on Cameroon begins campaign to issue 500k birth certificates to undocumented children

By Ayang Macdonald The pilot phase of a project is underway to issue 500,000 birth certificates to children who do not yet have the foundational identity document in Cameroon. The project was launched recently in Batouri, a town in the […]


Mixed reaction after SANDF confirms that a foreign national is acting CFO

August 28, 2023 3:26 pm Published by Comments Off on Mixed reaction after SANDF confirms that a foreign national is acting CFO

By Ntombi Nkosi Johannesburg – A number of South Africans expressed concern amid the Department of Defence (DOD) defence of their stance of hiring foreign national Edem Abotsi to occupy a high-ranking position in the country’s army. Abotsi is based […]


Nigerians demand seamless NIN registration as Coker-Odusote takes charge

August 26, 2023 5:35 am Published by Comments Off on Nigerians demand seamless NIN registration as Coker-Odusote takes charge

By Adeyemi Adepetun A banker, who simply identified herself as Bukola Adegbaju, was seen at the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) office in Alausa, Ikeja, Lagos, recently. Her mission was to correct an error on her National Identification Number (NIN) […]


Cabo Verde – Lei n.º 33/X/2023 de 22 de agosto

August 22, 2023 5:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Cabo Verde – Lei n.º 33/X/2023 de 22 de agosto

Preâmbulo A nacionalidade constitui um direito fundamental da pessoa humana, consagrado a nível do Direito Internacional Público a partir do momento em que foi disposto na Declaração Universal dos Direitos do Homem, determinando no texto do seu artigo XV, que […]


Liberia’s low biometric national ID card renewal rate bemoaned by authorities

August 21, 2023 7:36 am Published by Comments Off on Liberia’s low biometric national ID card renewal rate bemoaned by authorities

By Ayang Macdonald The director of Liberia’s National Identification Registry (NIR), Andrew Peters, has expressed concerns over the reluctance by many Liberians and expatriates to renew their national ID cards, despite an executive order compelling them to do so. Speaking […]


Uganda minority groups renew petition for recognition

August 19, 2023 7:34 am Published by Comments Off on Uganda minority groups renew petition for recognition

By JONATHAN KAMOGA Uganda’s minority ethnic groups have petitioned parliament to amend the constitution to grant them citizenship rights. In a joint petition to the Speaker of Parliament last week, the groups said that this exclusion has denied them the […]