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A refugee from the Democratic Republic of Congo registers his fingerprints on a biometric machine in Uganda in 2022. Badru Katumba/AFP via Getty Images

Registering refugees using personal information has become the norm – but cybersecurity breaches pose risks to people giving sensitive biometric data

Capturing biometric data helps UN agencies and other groups avoid the risk of fraud and increase efficiency. But the practice is complicated and has created security risks for vulnerable groups.
View of an endangered indigenous tree felled by illegal loggers in the Nakuru forest area of Kenya. James Wakibia/SOPA Images/LightRocket via Getty Images

Illegal logging in Africa is a threat to security

Illegal logging entrenches systemic corruption, undermines accountability in governance, and finances insecurity.

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