By Frank Hersey The National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) needs between three and five years to complete registration of its citizens, This Day Live reports the commission director general, Aliyu Aziz, as saying. Elsewhere the piece suggests the target is […]
By Mary Wambui For the first time, children aged six years and above will have identity cards known as a Minor’s Huduma Card. The smart card will be printed by the government and issued starting this year as the government […]
By Lucy Mkanyika Ms Makumbo has not been enjoying the rights and privileges given by the government as she is always referred to as non-Kenyan because of her lack of identification documents. Kenya Human Rights Commission said the agency is […]
Lokossa, 16 Sept. (ABP) – L’agent instructeur de l’agence nationale d’identification des personnes (ANIP) du poste de la mairie de Lokossa, Gervais Gbéchi a, dans une interview accordée mardi à l’ABP, indiqué que trois cent (300) personnes se sont déjà […]
By Carolyne Tanui NAIROBI, Kenya, Sep 16 – Interior Principal Secretary Karanja Kibicho now says the mass production of the third generation Huduma Namba cards will begin before the end of the year. A second mass registration for those who […]
Après le dedoublonnage, il ressort que ce sont 6 492 026 Burkinabè qui ont leurs noms sur le fichier électoral et qui pourront voter aux élections du 22 novembre 2020, a annoncé le premier responsable de la Commission électorale nationale […]
‘Are Malawians sleep walking into a surveillance state?’ by Steve Sharra This article is part of UPROAR, a Small Media initiative that is urging governments to address digital rights challenges at the Universal Periodic Review (UPR). In Malawi, authorities increasingly […]
By Tshepo Magoma The level of corruption is the biggest stumbling block that prevents many countries in Africa to move ahead and to realise their true potential as emerging markets despite their valuable key resources. For instance, even if South […]
Textes: Togo Loi relative a l’identification biometrique 2020 (version adoptée par l’Assemblée nationale, 3 septembre 2020) Togo identification biometrique rapport au fond Togo identification biometrique expose de motifs
By Wale Odunsi The federal government has given an insight into the transfer of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC) to the Ministry of Communications and Digital Economy. Isa Pantami, Minister of Communications and Digital Economy said with the development, […]
By Nicole Breen Under current South African law – now being challenged in the Constitutional Court – a child’s birth cannot be registered if the person registering the birth is an unmarried father and is doing so without consent of […]
UNHCR, the UN Refugee Agency, welcomes Côte d’Ivoire’s adoption this week of Africa’s first Statelessness Determination Procedure. This will help protect thousands of people in the country who are without a nationality. Two regulations signed on 2 September formally establish […]