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Ghana: National ID Project Officially Begins In January 2018

Published: 18/Dec/2017
Source: Daily Guide (Ghana)

LARGE SCALE rollout of national ID cards to Ghanaians will begin next month as government finishes the ground works for the exercise to be carried out at the regional level by the National Identification Authority, Vice-President Dr. Mahamudu Bawumia has […]

Nord du Mali: La carte d’identité nationale malienne, cible des jihadistes

Published: 17/Dec/2017
Source: Malizine.com

Après avoir attaqué farouchement les symboles de l’Etat (Drapeau national, écoles), les jihadistes sévissant en maîtres absolus dans le Nord du Mali ont désormais, pour cible, les civils porteurs des pièces d’identité nationale du Mali. La situation sécuritaire dans le […]

Stateless man may work and stay in South Africa

Published: 14/Dec/2017
Source: The Citizen (South Africa)

By Ilse de Lange The High Court in Pretoria has granted an order to a stateless man, allowing him to work and live in South Africa while the home affairs minister reconsiders his application for permanent residence. Acting Judge MB […]

Kenya: A home to call your own – even if it is a slum

Published: 14/Dec/2017
Source: IRIN

Nairobi’s Nubian community has won recognition of their land rights, but can other slum dwellers? Kibera is the largest slum in Kenya, home to more than 250,000 people. Yet it has only one graveyard and only one group of people […]

Nigeria: documents d’identité pour les déplacés de Boko Haram

Published: 13/Dec/2017
Source: TV5Monde

Quelque 100.000 personnes déplacées par les violences du groupe jihadiste nigérian Boko Haram ont commencé mercredi à recevoir des papiers d’identité officiels afin de les aider à retrouver une existence normale dans le nord-est du Nigeria. Le Haut Commissariat aux […]

Nigeria: Boko Haram displaced get ID cards in Nigeria

Published: 13/Dec/2017
Source: News24 (South Africa) / AFP

Maiduguri – Some 100 000 Nigerians made homeless by Boko Haram received formal identification papers on Wednesday, to help boost security and restore normality in the country’s restive northeast. The United Nations High Commission for Refugees (UNHRC) began documenting personal […]

South Africa: ‘Stateless’ man struggles for citizenship

Published: 13/Dec/2017
Source: Pretoria News

By Zelda Venter FREDERICK Ngubane claims to have been born in South Africa 27 years ago. However, he has no birth certificate to prove it and thus cannot get a South African ID because it is said he is not […]

Nigeria: NIMC, UNHCR to enroll 100,000 displaced persons in e-identity card

Published: 13/Dec/2017
Source: Guardian (Abuja) / NAN

The UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) on Wednesday says it has commenced national e-identity cards registration of 100,000 displaced persons in Borno. Its Country Representative, Antonio Kayangola, made the disclosure at the inauguration of the pilot phase of the National Identification […]

Indians demand recognition as Ugandan tribe

Published: 11/Dec/2017
Source: Uganda Today

The Indian community has asked the government to recognize them as a Ugandan tribe. Speaking at the Diwali dinner hosted by President Museveni at State House Entebbe on Saturday, the Indians said the move would help them have a sense […]

Zimbabwe: Rights group assists Matabeleland villagers to acquire birth certificates

Published: 9/Dec/2017
Source: NewsDay

A HUMAN rights lobby group is assisting marginalised villagers in Matabeleland to acquire birth certificates so they can obtain identity documents (IDs) and participate in the ongoing biometric voter registration (BVR) exercise. This was revealed by Abammeli Human Rights Network representative […]