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October 21, 2021

Smile Identity Accelerates Expansion Across Africa; Adds Uganda to Growing List of Countries Covered by its Africa-Focused KYC and Identity Verification Tools

Smile Identity is providing the Identity Verification, Digital KYC, User Onboarding, Document Verification, Liveness Checks, Face Verification, Anti-fraud, and Identity Data Deduplication tools powering the rapid growth and expansion of businesses and startups across Africa. LAGOS, Nigeria, Oct. 21, 2021 /PRNewswire/ — Smile Identity, the leading provider of ID verification,

UN Rights Commission Condemns South Sudan Security Crackdown

A United Nations rights commission in South Sudan says the government is harassing activists, journalists and their families, limiting their activities, and targeting their work and finances.In a statement of “concern” issued this week, the United Nati…

New Airstrike Hits Capital of Ethiopia’s Tigray Region

Ethiopian forces carried out an airstrike Thursday on Mekelle, their third on the Tigray regional capital this week, as the government attempts to weaken the Tigrayan forces they’ve been fighting for almost a year.Spokesman Legesse Tulu told reporters …

Growing Numbers of Nations Criticize China’s Treatment of Uyghurs

NEW YORK — More than 40 countries expressed their concern in a formal statement Thursday at the United Nations about the situation of ethnic Uyghurs and other Turkic Muslims in China’s semi-autonomous Xinjiang province.”There are generalized and system…

NUEW delegation participates at International Women’s Conference

Senior Eritrean women delegation led by Ms. Tekea Tesfamicael, President of the National Union of Eritrean Women, participated at the Third International Women’s Conference held in St. Petersburg, Russia, from 13 to 15 October under the theme “Strength…