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President's advisers and ministers at odds over biometric contracts

The presidency signed a framework agreement for the supply of biometric documents with the French parastatal company IN Groupe six months ago. But Congolese ministries continue to make deals for biometric documents with other service providers. The latest is the transport ministry. [...]

Published on 01.12.2021 at 05:00 GMT Reading time 2 minutes

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