UNHCR lauds role of Fayda digital ID in facilitating life for Ethiopia refugees
Thanks to the Fayda digital ID, access to services for refugees hosted by Ethiopia has become much easier, a development…
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IrisGuard’s iris biometrics to support Syrian refugees return under UNHCR agreement
IrisGuard and the UN Refugee Agency (UNHCR) will enable secure cash assistance for eligible Syrian refugees returning home after years…
Zambia plans domestic digital ID development with help from international partners
Zambia is engaging with a continental leader in digital identity and international institutions as it works to issue digital identity…
Niger to accelerate legal ID reforms in bid to eliminate statelessness
The Republic of Niger has taken the firm commitment to speed up reforms aimed at facilitating access to legal identity…
UNHCR’s biometric LISA kiosk enabling self-service refugee identity verification
UNHCR’s Regional Bureau for the East and Horn of Africa and the Great Lakes (EHAGL) has begun piloting a new…
UNHCR biometric verification standoff leaves 400 refugee families off food aid list
Some Rohingya refugees in Bangladesh are reported to be unable to access food rations and other humanitarian services for months…
Chad issues biometric IDs to thousands of refugees with Idemia tech, UNHCR’s help
Refugees in Chad can now apply for a legal identity to bring them an important step closer to social and…
UNHCR praises Cameroon’s move towards inclusive legal identity
A recent action by the government of Cameroon to spell out modalities for the issuance of new-generation national ID cards…
MOSIP Connect 2025: creating a winning ID system, inclusivity insights
On MOSIP Connect 2025 day one on Tuesday, various panels discussed topics relevant to the digital identity and digital infrastructure…
Jordan’s digital public infrastructure requires more security, trust, people-centricity
Despite the panoply of efforts deployed by Jordan in the last few years to implement a digital public infrastructure (DPI)…
