Le 5ème Bataillon d’Intervention Rapide (BIR) de l’Adamaoua a remis 120 extraits d’acte de naissance à des écoliers d’une dizaine d’écoles du 1er et 2ème arrondissement de Ngaoundéré dans la région de l’Adamaoua. Selon le quotidien Le Jour qui rapporte […]
By Amanda Lichtenstein Tanzanian citizens have until January 20, 2020, to register their SIM cards through the new biometric registration system launched by the Tanzanian Communication Regulatory Authority (TCRA) on May 1, 2019. The biometric SIM card registration process means […]
By Maureen Odunga and Faustine Kapama THE government has revealed that plans are in place to counter the runaway birthrate in refugee camps in Kigoma Region that result in 600 babies being born in every month. In an exclusive interview […]
By Frank Hersey The use of biometrics by electoral commissions is once again at the fore in digital ID news in Africa. The dispute continues over establishing an entirely new – and costly – biometric electoral roll in Ghana, and […]
Les services de l’état civil sont de plus en plus sollicités par les citoyens guinéens dans le cadre de la recherche de documents. L’état civil de la mairie de Ratoma, l’une des cinq (5) communes de Conakry, est de nos […]
Par Mia Harbitz Introduction Le présent rapport vise à donner un aperçu du système d’enregistrement et de statistiques de l’état civil (ESEC) au Niger. L’information s’appuie sur un questionnaire rempli par le bureau d’état civil du Niger, ainsi que sur […]
By Fatima Khan Potchefstroom Electronic Law Journal Vol. 23, No. 1 https://hdl.handle.net/10520/EJC-20497a5719 Abstract The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees set a 10-year timeline in 2014 to prevent childhood statelessness and believes this is possible if the following four steps […]
Includes the following information from Africa: Mobilizing governments and civil society On 3 October, UNHCR organized a roundtable discussion in Juba, South Sudan, on accession to the two UN Statelessness Conventions. The roundtable was organized in close collaboration with the […]
Dans la ville de Port Elizabeth, à l’extrémité méridionale de l’Afrique du Sud, le lycée de Phakamisa est situé dans la rue qui a vu grandir le champion de rugby et nouvelle icône nationale, Siya Kolisi. Mais c’est pour une […]
By Meddy Mulisa in Bukoba As the December 31, 2019 deadline for biometric SIM card registration draws near, some Kagera residents have appealed to the National Identification Agency (NIDA) to speed up issuance of identity cards to avoid inconvenience. Mr […]
By A. Teage Jalloh, Esq., ateage@gmail.com, Contributing Writer Some constitutional provisions are ambiguous and subject to multiple interpretations. One provision that is not ambiguous, however, is Article 28 of the 1986 Liberian Constitution which states, in relevant part, that “Any […]
Question p.61 « Let us talk for a moment about Gambian citizenship. Do you agree or disagree that children born in the country of two non-Gambian parents should be given Gambian citizenship? » [Strongly agree: 81 %; Somewhat agree 6%; Somewhat disagree […]