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Gabon's Electronic National ID Card (CNIE) & NIP Rollout

Revision 2026-11-04-evidence-baseline · effective 2026-11-03

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Created the first structured Evidence Passport with 8 claims and 4 source dossiers.

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publication dates recorded
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Claims, one by one

The text below is copied verbatim from the published record. Each claim names the source dossiers that carry it; caveats stay attached to the claim they qualify.

Claim 1 clm-7336e89949b42af8 descriptive
Gabon's chip-based electronic national ID card (CNIE)
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The announcement describes the new electronic national ID card with an electronic chip.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gabonreview — CNIE: NIP issuance from 3 April 2024 (28 Mar 2024)
Claim 2 clm-896a0a1b4e818a3f quantitative
requires a 14-character biometric Personal Identification Number (NIP)
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The interior minister describes the NIP as a 14-character code that underpins a biometric registry and is an essential component of the new card.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gabonreview — CNIE: NIP issuance from 3 April 2024 (28 Mar 2024)
Claim 3 clm-6f736ff7e8341f47 quantitative
Nationwide assignment began in Greater Libreville on 3 April 2024
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The announcement sets registration to start on 3 April 2024 at 12 priority centres in Greater Libreville.
Caveat
Dated from the announcement of 28 March 2024, five days before the start.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gabonreview — CNIE: NIP issuance from 3 April 2024 (28 Mar 2024)
Claim 4 clm-9d0999b419644ab0 quantitative
building on the IBOGA biometric-registry effort under way since 2013
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
People already biometrically enrolled under the Iboga project since 2013 receive their NIP certificate first.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gabonreview — CNIE: NIP issuance from 3 April 2024 (28 Mar 2024)
Claim 5 clm-bba17b34aad11d56 quantitative
and reached Lambaréné, Port-Gentil and Franceville by July 2024
Published field
snippet · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
The report on the 13 July 2024 Franceville launch lists Lambaréné and Port-Gentil as earlier stops.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gabonmediatime — NIP issuance starts in Haut-Ogooué (17 Jul 2024)
Claim 6 clm-6579534c980e0dac quantitative
The first cards were issued on 24 June 2024, after 11 years without new identity cards
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The report dates the official launch of card issuance to 24 June 2024 and notes the 11-year wait.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gabonmediatime — first CNIE cards available (4 Aug 2024)
Claim 7 clm-1fc75cba15969ec5 quantitative
in February 2025 the interior minister said more than 120,000 people had enrolled but only about half of the cards produced, some 50,000, had been collected
Published field
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Mapping
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What the mapping says
The report quotes the interior minister's television appearance of 25 February 2025.
Caveat
Ministerial figures, not an independent count.

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gabonmediatime — over 20,000 CNIE awaiting collection at the DGDI (28 Feb 2025)
Claim 8 clm-ed2f3ab98096d67d quantitative
in February 2025 the interior minister was appealing to citizens to collect some 22,000 cards already waiting at the DGDI
Published field
lesson · verbatim
Mapping
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What the mapping says
Card issuance began on 24 June 2024; in late February 2025 the minister urged about 22,000 citizens to collect their cards.
Caveat
No claim-specific caveat recorded

Sources carrying this claim

  1. Gabonmediatime — first CNIE cards available (4 Aug 2024)
  2. Gabonmediatime — over 20,000 CNIE awaiting collection at the DGDI (28 Feb 2025)

Source dossiers and revision state

This layer records what is known about each source, what is still missing, and the exact snapshot this page is rendering. A missing date, archive or hash stays visible as missing.

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publication dates recorded
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Governance facts carried by the record

Operator
Direction Générale de la Documentation et de l'Immigration (DGDI), Gabon Ministry of Interior and Security
Actor types
national-government
Funding model
public
Funding description
Not recorded
Cost
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Ownership
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Decision rights
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Exit conditions
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4 source dossiers

Gabonreview — CNIE: NIP issuance from 3 April 2024 (28 Mar 2024) gabonreview.com · 4 linked claims

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Stable source ID
src-b044719859fab4c0
Publisher
Name not classified · gabonreview.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2024-03-28
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

News coverage of the project.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Gabonmediatime — NIP issuance starts in Haut-Ogooué (17 Jul 2024) gabonmediatime.com · 1 linked claim

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-5ea2690745f59852
Publisher
Name not classified · gabonmediatime.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2024-07-17
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

NIP issuance starts in Franceville on 13 July 2024, after earlier launches in Lambaréné (Moyen-Ogooué) and Port-Gentil (Ogooué-Maritime).

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Gabonmediatime — first CNIE cards available (4 Aug 2024) gabonmediatime.com · 2 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-b41cd96f2f12fd63
Publisher
Name not classified · gabonmediatime.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2024-08-04
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Card issuance was officially launched on 24 June 2024 after an 11-year wait, and distribution of the first cards began on 1 August 2024.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Gabonmediatime — over 20,000 CNIE awaiting collection at the DGDI (28 Feb 2025) gabonmediatime.com · 2 linked claims

Open original source ↗

Stable source ID
src-7f15249ed9ac1d13
Publisher
Name not classified · gabonmediatime.com
Type / language
web-page · language not classified
Published
2025-02-28
Updated
Not recorded
Source last checked
No source-level check date
Record last verified
2026-11-03
Dossier created
2026-11-04
Retrieved copy
No local capture recorded
Archive
No archived copy linked
Content hash
No captured content hash
Locator
Open the recorded source note

Interior minister Hermann Immongault (on Gabon 24, 25 February 2025): more than 120,000 people had enrolled for the CNIE, only about half of the cards produced (around 50,000) had been collected, and some 22,000 cards awaited collection at the DGDI.

Descriptive only — not page/paragraph exact
Claims linked
Known limits of this file
  • Publisher names and source languages have not yet been classified; domains are recorded without guessing.
  • Existing source notes are descriptive locators, not page- or paragraph-exact citations.
  • A missing archive, publication date or content hash is shown as null rather than inferred.
  • The project-level evidence grade ranks the strongest source in the entry; it is not a truth score for every claim.