Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will introduce new biometric passports as part of their withdrawal from a West African bloc in favour of a new Sahel alliance after military leaders seized power in all three countries, Mali’s leader said on Sunday.
“In the coming days, a new biometric passport of the AES (Alliance of Sahel States) will be put into circulation with the aim of harmonising travel documents in our common area and facilitating the mobility of our citizens throughout the world”, Malian junta leader Assimi Goita announced on Sunday evening.
He spoke ahead of a meeting Monday between the three countries’ foreign ministers on the anniversary of the decision to form their own alliance, according to Reuters.
Goita also said they were planning to launch a shared information channel “in order to promote a harmonious dissemination of information in our three states.”
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