SocietyEthiopia’s digital ID scheme offers refugees a way out of limbo

Ethiopia, working with UNHCR, is issuing refugees digital IDs under the Fayda system, whose name means “value” in Amharic. The IDs allow them to move freely across the country, attend school and find work. In the Somali region, the initiative is offering hope to thousands who fled Al-Shabaab and spent years in camps.

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