KINSHASA - One day in November 2015, President Joseph Kabila visited his foreign ministry and smiled broadly as a computer took his photograph and fingerprints. He was there to mark the launch of the ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KINSHASA, May 18 (Reuters) - Democratic Republic of Congo will not renew a contract with Belgian manufacturer Semlex to make its ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. KINSHASA (Reuters) - The Democratic Republic of Congo will tender for a new passport-maker after talks with Brussels-based ...

MORONI, Comoros Islands/BRUSSELS - In the tiny nation of the Comoros Islands, lying off the east coast of Africa, Albert Karaziwan is a big man - even though he doesn’t live there. He’s been a roving ...

MORONI, Comoros Islands/BRUSSELS, Dec 22 (Reuters) - An important player in Semlex's use of well-connected individuals to land contracts was a woman named Zina Wazouna Ahmed Idriss, an ex-wife of ...

BRUSSELS/NAIROBI, Jan 17 (Reuters) - Police on Wednesday searched the headquarters of Belgian company Semlex, which supplies passports to various African countries, and the home of its CEO, Albert ...

Congolese citizens and international campaign groups have filed a civil action in Belgium against passport manufacturer Semlex, which is being investigated by prosecutors for possible money laundering ...

Identification technology company Semlex has globally launched its track and trace service combined with highly secured stamps for goods. Services such as track & trace are crucial for optimizing tax ...

At Semlex, our passport solutions include a series of highly complex workstreams to ensure the trusted validation of breeder documents and the security of personal data. We have developed a ...

The people of Madagascar recently came to realise that the price they pay to get a passport – almost a month’s wages – may very well be criminally inflated. Leaked documents seen by investigative ...

A Reuters examination of Semlex emails, corporate records and signed contracts found that Karaziwan has won business in the Comoros and elsewhere in Africa - on paper worth hundreds of millions of ...

Democratic Republic of Congo will not renew a contract with Belgian manufacturer Semlex to make its passports, according to a senior official and a letter seen by Reuters. KINSHASA, May 18 (Reuters) - ...