Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

Kenya: Musalia Mudavadi slams dual citizenship law

septembre 29, 2019 3:18 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Musalia Mudavadi slams dual citizenship law

By IBRAHIM ORUKO Amani National Congress (ANC) leader Musalia Mudavadi has criticised the legal provisions that place state jobs out of reach for Kenyans holding dual citizenships. Mr Mudavadi at the same time asked the Independent Electoral and boundaries Commission […]


Liberia: 700 Children Get Birth Certificates In Fight to End Statelessness in the World

septembre 28, 2019 2:33 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Liberia: 700 Children Get Birth Certificates In Fight to End Statelessness in the World

Brewerville, Montserrado County – The call has been made to consider “nationality as a right” and to “allow children to gain the nationality of the country in which they are born if they would otherwise be stateless”. The call was […]


South Africa: Children without documentation are denied their basic rights

septembre 27, 2019 2:36 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: Children without documentation are denied their basic rights

By Alison Misselhorn South Africa’s Constitution is one of the most inclusive and progressive in the world, a hard fought achievement to be proud of. Under section 29 of our Constitution every­one has the right to a basic education. “Everyone” […]


Côte d’Ivoire: Une clinique juridique installée dans le Bounkani

septembre 27, 2019 11:51 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Côte d’Ivoire: Une clinique juridique installée dans le Bounkani

Bouna, 27 sept (AIP)- Une clinique juridique a été ouverte dans la région du Bounkani (Nord-est de la Côte d’Ivoire), dans le cadre de la lutte contre l’apatridie à travers le projet Droit à une nationalité pour tous (DNT). Cette clinique juridique est le […]


‘Prone to hacking’: expert witness in Kenya’s Huduma Namba hearings first round

septembre 26, 2019 9:21 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur ‘Prone to hacking’: expert witness in Kenya’s Huduma Namba hearings first round

By Frank Hersey “[The National Integrated Identity Management System] thus is an archaic design compared to modern-day systems architecture and can be rightly thought of as a horse-buggy drawn by a lame horse on a digital highway. That it would […]


South Africa: Recorded Live Births, 2018

septembre 26, 2019 6:52 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: Recorded Live Births, 2018

In 2018, a total number of 1 009 065 births were registered with the Department of Home Affairs. These included 927 113 births which occurred and were registered in 2018 as well as 81 952 births that occurred in earlier […]


Nigeria: Private sector to help with reaching targets for ID registration

septembre 26, 2019 3:45 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Nigeria: Private sector to help with reaching targets for ID registration

Nigerian authorities are turning to the private sector to help reach an aim of signing up 50 million people a year, the head of identity commission told Bloomberg in an interview. Despite registration efforts dating back to the 1980s, only […]


Nigeria: Bauchi governor on the ‘stateless’ Fulani

septembre 26, 2019 10:39 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Nigeria: Bauchi governor on the ‘stateless’ Fulani

LAST week, the Bauchi State governor, Mr. Bala Mohammed, said that Fulani herdsmen from Chad, Niger and other neighbouring countries would benefit from the National Livestock Transformation Plan being championed by the Federal Government to put herdsmen and their livestock […]


Boost for Nigeria’s National Identity System

septembre 26, 2019 7:59 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Boost for Nigeria’s National Identity System

Having received federal government’s nod to join the Coalition of International Identity Day, the National Identity Management Commission, last week led Nigeria to become the first country in the world to formally adopt September 16, as her National Identity Day, […]


Niger : des actes d’état civil remis à 1154 personnes à risque d’apatridie

septembre 25, 2019 11:56 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Niger : des actes d’état civil remis à 1154 personnes à risque d’apatridie

Le Bureau de coordination des affaires humanitaire des Nations unies (Unocha) a publié ce 25 septembre un aperçu de ses actions de protection au Niger. Il en ressort que quelques 1 154 personnes à risque d’apatridie ont reçu des documents d’état […]


South Africa: Right to education in the dock

septembre 25, 2019 8:19 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: Right to education in the dock

By GEMMA RITCHIE Judgment is reserved in a groundbreaking case heard in the High Court in Makhanda (Grahamstown) on 18 September that highlighted the disastrous plight of children who don’t have official documentation. The application was brought by the Centre […]


Kenya: Huduma Namba system outdated, bound to fail – IT expert

septembre 24, 2019 8:52 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Huduma Namba system outdated, bound to fail – IT expert

by ANNETTE WAMBULWA A cybersecurity specialist from India has claimed that the Sh6 billion Huduma Namba system acquired by Kenya is archaic and will fail. Anand Venkatanarayanan who has 21 years’ experience in the field was testifying in the case […]