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href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/04/21/digital-id-systems-in-africa-a-dream-of-inclusion-or-a-threat-to-privacy/'><img loading='lazy' class='featured-image ' alt='' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/04/Ghana-400x300.png' /></a></div><div class='gv-promo-card-text'><h3 class='post-title'><a href='https://globalvoices.org/2025/04/21/digital-id-systems-in-africa-a-dream-of-inclusion-or-a-threat-to-privacy/' rel='bookmark'>Digital ID systems in Africa: A dream of inclusion or a threat to privacy?</a></h3><img class='custom-context-badge' alt='The Bridge' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/the-bridge-240.png' loading='lazy' /><div class='postmeta post-tagline'>It's important that individuals understand their rights and responsibilities in the digital age</div><div class='postmeta gv-promo-meta post-promo-credits'><span class="credit-text"><span class='text-credits-type-wrapper author-text-credits'><span class='contributor 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war</a></h3><img class='custom-context-badge' alt='The Bridge' src='https://globalvoices.org/wp-content/uploads/2020/06/the-bridge-240.png' loading='lazy' /><div class='postmeta post-tagline'>Environmental collapse, mismanagement, and ethno-political fault lines are converging in a slow-motion disaster caused by a water crisis</div><div class='postmeta gv-promo-meta post-promo-credits'><span class="credit-text"><span class='text-credits-type-wrapper author-text-credits'><span class='contributor contributor-author'><span class='credit-label'>Written by</span> <a href="https://globalvoices.org/author/untoldmag/" class="url user-link" title="View all posts by UntoldMag">UntoldMag</a></span></span></span></div><div class='gv-promo-meta'><span class='datestamp' title='20 _04 2025'>6 days ago</span></div></div></article></div><div class='gv-promo-card-container'><article class='gv-promo-card-dense gv-promo-card gv-post-promo-card'><div class='gv-promo-card-image'><a 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