Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Gabon : vers la révision des conditions d’attribution de la nationalité

September 4, 2023 4:11 pm Published by Comments Off on Gabon : vers la révision des conditions d’attribution de la nationalité

Lyonnel Essone Mbeng Régie par la loi n°37/98 du 20 juillet 1999, portant Code de la nationalité gabonaise, l’acquisition de la nationalité devrait être amendée. C’est l’annonce faite, ce lundi 4 septembre 2023, par le Général de Brigade Brice Clotaire […]


Gabon: Charte de la Transition

September 4, 2023 4:06 pm Published by Comments Off on Gabon: Charte de la Transition

JOURNAL OFFICIEL DE LA REPUBLIQUE GABONAISE 4 SEPTEMBRE 2023 – N°225 Bis Spécial Article 38 : Tout candidat aux fonctions de Président de la Transition doit remplir les conditions suivantes : • être une personnalité civile ou militaire ; • […]


Training Workshop and Steering Meeting on the Draft Protocol on the Specific Aspects of the Right to Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa

September 4, 2023 6:35 am Published by Comments Off on Training Workshop and Steering Meeting on the Draft Protocol on the Specific Aspects of the Right to Nationality and the Eradication of Statelessness in Africa

The Department of Health, Humanitarian Affairs and Social Development of the African Union Commission (AUC), the Office of the Legal Counsel (OLC), African Commission on Human and People’s Rights (ACHPR) in coordination with United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) […]


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) […]