India decides biometric consistency means transgender people can update passports
In New Delhi, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) advised the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to create a policy…
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In New Delhi, the Ministry of Home Affairs (MHA) advised the Ministry of External Affairs (MEA) to create a policy…
Server outages have struck India’s Aadhaar authentication system several times this year, preventing users from smoothly completing authentication processes for…
Elections held on November 11 to pick governors in three Nigerian states of Bayelsa, Imo and Kogi were marred by…
Eleven first-mover countries have expressed their readiness to share experiences, best practices and even resources and infrastructure with one another…
In the UAE and Pakistan, individuals can now use biometrics to perform property transfers, while India’s deed database has enabled…
A move by Kenya to increase fees for obtaining some personal identification documents has been momentarily blocked by a High…
Sri Lanka is planning to launch a tender for the issuance of 5 million chip-embedded biometric passports, The Sunday Times…
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of Nigeria has unveiled a digital Civil Registration and Vital Statistics (CRVS) platform that is expected…
Kenyans will soon have to cough out more money than before to obtain some important identity credentials such the new…
South Africa’s Home Affairs Minister Aaron Motsoaledi has told delegates of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), the country’s upper…