Chairperson of the African Union Moussa Faki Mahamat announced in a statement that the Commission will present details on the design, production and issuance of the new African passport at the 32nd Summit of the African Union in February. “I am pleased to stress that, in February 2019, in Addis Ababa, at the 32nd Summit of our Union, the Commission will present, for adoption, guidelines on the design, production and issuance of the African passport, the materialization of which will take us one step closer to the long-held dream of complete free movement across the continent.” Mahamat said in the statement. https://twitter.com/AU_KwesiQuartey/status/1080355724889333761?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw%7Ctwcamp%5Etweetembed%7Ctwterm%5E1080355724889333761&ref_url=https%3A%2F%2Fqz.com%2Fafrica%2F1516507%2Fafrican-union-to-unveil-details-on-african-passport-design%2F The move is meant to unify all Africans, empower countries with weak passports and create free movement for all people in the continent. Only two countries, Seychelles and Benin, offer a visa free travel to all African countries, while other countries such as South Sudan require a visa to visit 48 countries in the continent. First introduced in 2016 for heads of African states, the idea now extends to ordinary African citizens. Yet many have questioned whether the new passport will be successfully implemented, as many African states are still…
