Cameroon wants €50M to expand facial recognition surveillance project
Cameroon’s President Paul Biya has asked his Minister of Economy, Alamine Ousmane Mey, to source funding to the tune of…
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Cameroon mayors commit to free civil registration document issuance
At least 13 of the 34 mayors in the North West Region of Cameroon have issued statements emphasizing their commitment…
UNICEF pledges Cameroon support to drive up birth certificate issuance
The Cameroon country representative of the United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF), Nadine Perault, has held talks with Decentralization and Local…
The quest for legal ID by inhabitants of disputed Cameroonian territory Bakassi
Along the coastline of the Atlantic Ocean in southwestern Cameroon lies an oil-rich peninsular called Bakassi, a territory full of…
Cameroon launches last full-cycle biometric voter registration before 2025 polls
The biometric voter registration drive for 2024 in Cameroon has gone underway, with officials of the elections managing agency (ELECAM)…
The govt body fighting against extortion in Cameroon’s civil registration sector
Adeline N., a mother of four, resident in the town of Bamenda in the North West Region of Cameroon, secured…
Cameroon’s new biometric ID system to issue cards within 48 hours with increased fee
In the next few months, a new generation ID card production facility, which will be as expedient as the country’s…
Cameroon biometric visa portal down, Burkina Faso launches own platform
Cameroon’s Ministry of External Relations announced recently that the country’s digital visa portal has been inaccessible in some countries, frustrating…
Cameroon begins campaign to issue 500k birth certificates to undocumented children
The pilot phase of a project is underway to issue 500,000 birth certificates to children who do not yet have…
Cameroon to set up over 500 new ID card enrollment centers in push to cut issuance delays
Overwhelmed with complaints of national ID card issuance delays in Cameroon, the government is multiplying measures to reduce the swelling…
