Author Archives for Bronwen Manby

Biometrics registration for Zambia’s new national ID system underway

March 14, 2022 10:13 am Published by Comments Off on Biometrics registration for Zambia’s new national ID system underway

By Ayang Macdonald Zambia’s parliament has been told that work to put in place a new biometric ID system dubbed the Integrated National Registration Information System (INRIS) has started, with the biometrics of at least 15,000 Zambians already captured for […]


Cameroun: L’Etat lance une opération de comptabilisation des actes d’état civil

March 12, 2022 9:02 am Published by Comments Off on Cameroun: L’Etat lance une opération de comptabilisation des actes d’état civil

Le 10 mars 2022, à l’hôtel de ville de Yaoundé, le ministre de la Décentralisation et du Développement Local (Minddevel) Georges Elanga Obam a présidé la cérémonie officielle de lancement de l’opération de comptabilisation des actes d’état civil existants depuis […]


Burkina : Plaidoyer pour l’enregistrement continu des naissances au sein des déplacés internes

March 11, 2022 9:21 am Published by Comments Off on Burkina : Plaidoyer pour l’enregistrement continu des naissances au sein des déplacés internes

Le Ministère de l’administration territoriale, de la décentralisation et de la sécurité avec le soutien du Haut-commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) a organisé un atelier de renforcement des capacités sur la problématique de l’apatridie au Burkina Faso. […]


São Tomé & Príncipe – Lei n.º 07/2022 Lei da Nacionalidade

March 10, 2022 5:45 pm Published by Comments Off on São Tomé & Príncipe – Lei n.º 07/2022 Lei da Nacionalidade

Preâmbulo Tendo passado mais de duas décadas de vigência, verifica-se a necessidade de se suprir lacunas existentes na Lei 06/90, de 13 de Setembro, suscitando para o efeito alterações, a fim de proporcionar a construção de uma nacionalidade mais coesa […]


Cameroon seeks escape from its biometric national ID card woes

March 8, 2022 4:23 pm Published by Comments Off on Cameroon seeks escape from its biometric national ID card woes

By Ayang Macdonald Isidore O., a 25-year-old Cameroonian living in the town of Bangem in the South West Region of the country applied for the national digital identity card in early 2018. By December 2021, Isidore had become extremely frustrated […]


Kenya: Court dismisses plea to roll out Huduma Namba over data safety

March 8, 2022 3:05 pm Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Court dismisses plea to roll out Huduma Namba over data safety

By Kamau Muthoni The Court of Appeal has dismissed a plea by the government to continue issuing Huduma Namba cards without conducting impact assessment on data protection. A three-judge bench comprising justices Agnes Murgor, Mbogholi Msagha and Imana Ldaibuta ruled […]


Nigerian parliament rescinds decision on gender equality bills

March 8, 2022 11:22 am Published by Comments Off on Nigerian parliament rescinds decision on gender equality bills

The lawmakers’ decision on International Women’s Day came hours after simultaneous protests by women in four states. By Ope Adetayo and Eromo Egbejule Nigeria’s lower house of parliament has rescinded its decision on three bills that it discarded at a […]


‘Stateless’: The politician disowned by South Sudan and Uganda

March 4, 2022 12:14 pm Published by Comments Off on ‘Stateless’: The politician disowned by South Sudan and Uganda

The Juba-born politician and activist is fighting for her position in parliament, her citizenship and her life. By Zeinab Mohammed Salih On December 22, 2021, Animu Athiei was leaving a café at the airport road of the South Sudanese capital […]


Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2022

March 4, 2022 10:00 am Published by Comments Off on Background Note on Gender Equality, Nationality Laws and Statelessness 2022

Nationality laws which do not grant women equality with men in conferring nationality to their children are a cause of statelessness and a concern for UNHCR under its mandate to prevent and reduce statelessness. Since 2012, UNHCR has issued an […]


Kenya: Law reporting council launches citizenship disputes book

March 3, 2022 10:54 am Published by Comments Off on Kenya: Law reporting council launches citizenship disputes book

The National Council for Law Reporting has launched a compilation of court judgments on citizenship disputes in and outside Kenya to offer policymakers and legislators diverse views and interpretations of the right to nationality and citizenship. The multi-volume book, Citizenship […]


Décret n° 22/ 07 du 02 mars 2022 portant création d’un fichier général de la population en République Démocratique du Congo

March 2, 2022 3:49 pm Published by Comments Off on Décret n° 22/ 07 du 02 mars 2022 portant création d’un fichier général de la population en République Démocratique du Congo

Le Premier ministre, Vu la Constitution, telle que modifiée par la Loi n° 11/002 du 20 janvier 2011 portant révision de certains articles de la Constitution de la République Démocratique du Congo du 18 février 2006, spécialement en son article […]


Nigerian women protest parliament rejection of pro-equality bills

March 2, 2022 1:41 pm Published by Comments Off on Nigerian women protest parliament rejection of pro-equality bills

The women were demonstrating against a parliamentary vote discarding five bills to grant Nigerian women more autonomy. By Ope Adetayo Nigerian women have converged at the country’s parliament in Abuja to protest its decision to vote against the adoption of […]