Libya ponders national ID as an instrument of economic development

Libya takes steps to fight corruption (Foreign Policy - Reg. req.)

Libya's General National Congress (GNC) is debating the newly introduced transparency and anti-corruption bill which they expect to vote on in the next few weeks. The Libyan government, led by Prime Minister Ali Zeidan, is taking practical steps toward fighting corruption and improving transparency in public institutions, following alarming reports of rampant corruption and financial waste in the public sector. These steps are also driven by huge public demand for immediate anti-corruption measures and transparency in post-revolution Libya.

On February 7, the government announced the National Identification Numbers (NID) project. By giving each person a unique number, the government will be able make sure that transfers and payments are going to the right people and avoid manipulations to the system.

It's hard to help people if you can't identify them.

Africa round-up

SOUTH AFRICA: S.Africa eyes biometric crackdown on truant teachers (Modern Ghana) 


GHANA: National Health Insurance Scheme to introduce biometric ID cards (Ghana Business News)


NIGERIA: Plateau state government has discovered 6000 ghost workers (The Nation) 


LIBYA: New biometric passport officially revealed (Libya Herald)

Benghazi: US uses face rec to confirm that suspect held in Tunisia was present at attack

US officials ID'd Libya attack suspect on surveillance video, sources say (FOX)

Ali Ani al Harzi and one other suspect were detained at an airport in Turkey in the days after the attack while travelling with false documents, and Harzi now has been identified as being present at the attack using the images obtained from the consulate compound video, Fox News' sources say.
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Harzi was transferred to Tunisian custody, but U.S. interrogators so far have not had access to him, much to the frustration of American authorities. Even so, U.S. intelligence agencies have confirmed through facial recognition technology that the Tunisian was present the night of the consulate attack.