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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 […]

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 By Ope Adetayo and Eromo Egbejule Nigeria’s lower house of parliament has rescinded its decision on three bills that it discarded at a […]

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

Published: 4/Mar/2022
Source: Al Jazeera

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 […]

Kenya: Law reporting council launches citizenship disputes book

Published: 3/Mar/2022
Source: The Daily Nation (Nairobi)

The National Council for Law Reporting has launched a compilation of court judgments on citizenship disputes in and outside Kenya to offer policymakers and legislators diverse views and interpretations of the right to nationality and citizenship. The multi-volume book, Citizenship […]

Nigerian women protest parliament rejection of pro-equality bills

Published: 2/Mar/2022
Source: Al Jazeera

The women were demonstrating against a parliamentary vote discarding five bills to grant Nigerian women more autonomy. By Ope Adetayo Nigerian women have converged at the country’s parliament in Abuja to protest its decision to vote against the adoption of […]

Nigerian women protest after lawmakers reject bills seeking gender equality

Published: 2/Mar/2022
Source: Premium Times (Abuja)

by Queen Esther Iroanusi and Titilope Fadare Scores of Nigerian women protested Wednesday at the National Assembly against the rejection of several bills seeking gender equality in the country. PREMIUM TIMES reported how federal lawmakers on Tuesday voted on 68 […]