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South Africa: The plight of the stateless highlighted in video campaign

Published: 19/Mar/2022
Source: IOL / Weekend Argus

By Murphy Nganga Cape Town – With the goal of humanizing the experience of statelessness, the Jesuit Refugee Service South Africa (JRS) launched a campaign to raise awareness about the lives of young people born to refugees who encounter numerous […]

Uganda: Abdu Abucar Hussein and 7 others v. Attorney General

Published: 18/Mar/2022
Source: Uganda High Court

CIVIL SUIT NO. 437 OF 2019 JUDGMENT The plaintiffs instituted this suit against the defendant seeking for orders that; A declaration that the plaintiffs and other eligible members of the Uganda Somali’s Community are citizens by birth. A declaration that […]

Spain changes tune on Western Sahara

Published: 18/Mar/2022
Source: Africa news

Spain on Friday declared “a new stage” in its strained relations with Morocco after the Spanish prime minister wrote to the Moroccan king, agreeing that having Western Sahara operate autonomously under Rabat’s rule is “the most serious, realistic and credible” […]

First Ethiopian Digital Identification Draft Proclamation Public Consultation

Published: 15/Mar/2022
Source: Ethiopian National Identification (ID) Program

On Friday, March 11, 2022, the National Identification (ID) Program hosted its first “Digital Identification Proclamation Consultation” with invited officials and guests at the Ethiopian Skylight Hotel. Over 200 key stakeholders representing Federal ministries and government agencies, regional governments, civil […]

Biometrics registration for Zambia’s new national ID system underway

Published: 14/Mar/2022
Source: Biometric Update

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 […]

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

Published: 10/Mar/2022

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

Published: 8/Mar/2022
Source: Biometric Update

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

Published: 8/Mar/2022
Source: The Standard (Nairobi)

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

Published: 8/Mar/2022
Source: Al Jazeera

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 […]