Archives de l'auteur Bronwen Manby

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

mars 19, 2022 10:31 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur South Africa: The plight of the stateless highlighted in video campaign

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

mars 18, 2022 9:30 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Uganda: Abdu Abucar Hussein and 7 others v. Attorney General

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

mars 18, 2022 7:09 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Spain changes tune on Western Sahara

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

mars 15, 2022 6:29 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur First Ethiopian Digital Identification Draft Proclamation Public Consultation

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

mars 14, 2022 10:13 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Biometrics registration for Zambia’s new national ID system underway

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 […]


Cameroun: L’Etat lance une opération de comptabilisation des actes d’état civil

mars 12, 2022 9:02 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Cameroun: L’Etat lance une opération de comptabilisation des actes d’état civil

Le 10 mars 2022, à l’hôtel de ville de Yaoundé, le ministre de la Décentralisation et du Développement Local (Minddevel) Georges Elanga Obam a présidé la cérémonie officielle de lancement de l’opération de comptabilisation des actes d’état civil existants depuis […]


Burkina : Plaidoyer pour l’enregistrement continu des naissances au sein des déplacés internes

mars 11, 2022 9:21 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Burkina : Plaidoyer pour l’enregistrement continu des naissances au sein des déplacés internes

Le Ministère de l’administration territoriale, de la décentralisation et de la sécurité avec le soutien du Haut-commissariat des Nations Unies pour les réfugiés (HCR) a organisé un atelier de renforcement des capacités sur la problématique de l’apatridie au Burkina Faso. […]


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

mars 10, 2022 5:45 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur São Tomé & Príncipe – Lei n.º 07/2022 Lei da Nacionalidade

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

mars 8, 2022 4:23 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Cameroon seeks escape from its biometric national ID card woes

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

mars 8, 2022 3:05 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Kenya: Court dismisses plea to roll out Huduma Namba over data safety

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

mars 8, 2022 11:22 am Publié par Commentaires fermés sur Nigerian parliament rescinds decision on gender equality bills

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 […]


‘Stateless’: The politician disowned by South Sudan and Uganda

mars 4, 2022 12:14 pm Publié par Commentaires fermés sur ‘Stateless’: The politician disowned by South Sudan and Uganda

The Juba-born politician and activist is fighting for her position in parliament, her citizenship and her life. By Zeinab Mohammed Salih On December 22, 2021, Animu Athiei was leaving a café at the airport road of the South Sudanese capital […]