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Coronavirus becomes Africa’s new biometric election registration variable, Côte d’Ivoire ID signup slow
Neighboring Ghana and Côte d’Ivoire are both due to go to biometrically secured polls at the end of the year and both are undergoing biometric registration. Enter COVID-19. The pandemic has slowed signup up in Côte d’Ivoire and stopped it in Ghana, a decision both welcomed and opposed, depending on one’s affiliation ... Read the full story here.

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