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| Left and right iris images from one Somaliland trial voter registration record |
Mention the name Somaliland, and most people will have
images from the movies "Black Hawk Down" and "Captain
Phillips" spring to mind. However, those images are more correctly
associated with Somalia, not Somaliland, which is an independent state that is
internationally recognized as an autonomous region of Somalia.
Somaliland declared itself independent in 1991
and has been transforming itself into a rare, multiparty democracy in the Horn
of Africa. University of Notre Dame Biometrics expert Kevin Bowyer and his
Ph.D. students Estefan Ortiz and Amanda Sgroi are playing a critical role in
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