by Nyantee S. Togba MONROVIA — The Liberia Refugee Repatriation and Resettlement Commission (LRRRC), in collaboration with the Liberia Immigration Service (LIS), has launched a biometric registration exercise aimed at issuing resident permits to 269 former Ivorian refugees who have […]
By Ishmael F. Menkor Hundreds of frustrated citizens and government workers have called on the National Identification Registry (NIR) and the Government of Liberia to open additional National ID card enrollment centers in Nimba County, as the only operational center […]
By deciding to open citizenship applications to all people of African descent around the world, Benin became the latest in a growing list of African countries to formerly recognize historical links with the African diaspora. Benin’s 2 September 2024 law […]
CHOI – Dual citizenship and statelessness have emerged as contentious issues among residents of Choi and Kongola. They raised serious concerns over national identity, legal status and access to government benefits. Community members voiced frustration on Monday during a civil-military […]
Child Identity Protection (CHIP) welcomes the opportunity to respond to the Call by the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACERWC) Special Rapporteur on Birth Registration, Name and Nationality in Africa on the topic […]
The Director-General of the National Identity Management Commission (NIMC), Abisoye Coker-Odusote, has declared the agency’s ambitious plan to register 95% of Nigerians into the National Identity Database before December 2025. Speaking during a briefing in Abuja, Coker-Odusote said the goal […]
Harare, Zimbabwe, 29 May 2025 (ECA) – In many parts of Africa, lacking legal identity means being shut out of the system, unable to access healthcare, attend school, secure a job or claim legal protection. “We saw it clearly during […]
By: Jankey Ceesay Presenting The Gambia’s report to the Ecowas Parliament 2025 First Ordinary Session in Abuja, Hon. Alhagie S. Darboe, on behalf of the Gambian delegation revealed that approximately 94% of the more than 600 residents are at significant […]
CHAPITRE I : DISPOSITIONS GENERALES Article 1er : La présente loi a pour objet de déterminer le statut de l’apatride au Mali. Article 2 : Au sens de la présente loi, on entend par : – apatride : une personne […]
In an event organised by Tanzania’s ministry of Foreign Affairs and East African Corporation in Dar es Salaam, the minister in charge of the docket, Ambassador Mahmoud Thabit Kombo, discussed a range of issues [….] .The hot topic that has […]
A l’image de plusieurs communes urbaines de la république de Guinée, la mairie de Labé est envahie depuis la matérialisation de la gratuité des extraits de naissance biométriques. Des citoyens venus des 12 sous-préfectures de Labé viennent se greffer à […]
Les séances plénières du Conseil National de Transition (CNT) du Mali, présidées par le Général de corps d’armée Malick Diaw, ont récemment permis l’examen et l’adoption de plusieurs projets de lois d’importance. Cette dynamique législative s’inscrit dans un contexte où […]