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With New Passport By African Union, Africans Can Travel To Any African Country! by SirHackeem: 5:19pm On Jun 30, 2016
[size=14pt]Following a recent press release made by The African Union on June 13, 2016, the union is set to launch e-passport at the summit to be held on July 2016. The summit will be held at Kigali, Rwanda with particular focus on the rights of women. The goal of the AU passport is to help turn Africa into a continent with seamless borders.

The concept of unrestricted movement of persons, goods and services across regions and the continent is not new; it has been outlined in documents like the Lagos Plan of Action and the Abuja Treaty – an indication that the unhampered movement of citizens is critical for Africa’s development.

Countries such as Seychelles, Mauritius, Rwanda, and Ghana have taken the lead in ensuring easier intra-Africa travel by relaxing visa restrictions and in some cases lifting visa requirements altogether.

The first group of beneficiaries will include: AU Heads of State and Government; Ministers of Foreign Affairs; and the Permanent Representatives of AU Member States based at the AU Headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

In your opinion and considering the recent exit of the United Kingdom from the EU, do you see this new e-passport and freedom of movement across African countries as a good idea? See full details on the source website and how soon you should expect to get it after the first group of beneficiaries.


Source: http://viewschannel.com/african-union-introduce-new-passport-next-month-africans-travel-across-african-countries-easily/[/size]

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Re: With New Passport By African Union, Africans Can Travel To Any African Country! by tritt(m): 5:21pm On Jun 30, 2016
Make una do quick abeg...naija don cast.
Re: With New Passport By African Union, Africans Can Travel To Any African Country! by coolcharm(m): 5:29pm On Jun 30, 2016
The kind of union the UK is running away from. African countries should study the issues and concerns that is warranting brexit before they put themselves on a very long thing.

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Re: With New Passport By African Union, Africans Can Travel To Any African Country! by iblawi(m): 5:30pm On Jun 30, 2016
It will promote trade between african countries. We need our currency that can be used in any part of Africa too without converting it to some western currencies first.

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Re: With New Passport By African Union, Africans Can Travel To Any African Country! by SirHackeem: 5:35pm On Jun 30, 2016
coolcharm:
The kind of union the UK is running away from. African countries should study the issues and concerns that is warranting brexit before they put themselves on a very long thing.
tHE FACT THAT HE DIDNT WORK FOR THEM DOESNT MEAN IT WONT WORK IN aFRICA.....

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Re: With New Passport By African Union, Africans Can Travel To Any African Country! by SirHackeem: 5:36pm On Jun 30, 2016
Exactly one of the things Gadaffi of Libya fought for before his death...One cureency across Africa will render the need for USD conversion useless by a very long gap....do you still see this coming through someday?
iblawi:
It will promote trade between african countries. We need our currency that can be used in any part of Africa too without converting it to some western currencies first.

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Re: With New Passport By African Union, Africans Can Travel To Any African Country! by iblawi(m): 9:57am On Jul 01, 2016
SirHackeem:
Exactly one of the things Gadaffi of Libya fought for before his death...One cureency across Africa will render the need for USD conversion useless by a very long gap....do you still see this coming through someday?
Why do we need to make the west richer without doing anything for Africa. £, $ and € are all currencies from the west who will claim to be giving you aid but actually giving you a little of what they benefit from you.

We need our own currecy to reduce demand for international currency and we need to promote trade within Africa. We need to show the western world we are now smarter and the days of colonisation is over. Most people actually think we are free but sincerely we are not.

Seriously, Africans are actually living a better life than what it used to be 15-20 years ago, and recent analysis shows 1 in every 3 African now live an average life but this is not enough. Education is getting better by the day and economy is equally getting stronger. We need to stop selling raw materials and start selling refined materials. We need to stop creating jobs for the Western world. If we are able to do this Africa can actually be a better place and you know no where can ever be as sweet as home no matter how beautiful it looks.
Africa is actually growing at a rate that is commendable but we are still far from where we want to be, but if we can put all these in place am sure we will surely get there within a short period of time. The West is not totally in support of this and have reduced funding and certain types of investment, but China has a lot to offer us and their strong influence in Africa can get them to where they want quickly too. The good thing about Chinese investment is that the benefit is mutual to both Africa and China. Unlike the west that gives condition that will make them alone benefit.

Let me give you a good analogy that explains some of the things am saying. If a hunter catches a bush meet and sell it to a woman who sells pepper soup at N1000 in the morning hours, then later in the evening he goes back to the woman's restaurant to buy peppersoup with 3 of it friends where each lap cost N500 and the head cost N800. Tell me how much she will make from the hunter whom she bought the Bush meat from and how much extra will be made from the rest he didn't buy.

From this analogy you can see that the woman will definitely make more money and live a better life than the hunter. Tell me why the hunter cannot sell the bush meat to his wife so she can sell and make all that profit to improve the standard of living of his family.

This is the reason we must stop selling raw materials without adding some level of refining to it. This is the only way we can create jobs for Africans and improve the standard of living in Africa.

As for your question I can only hope so for now because nothing concrete is going on that issue. Even the Eco that was meant for West African countries was frustrated by some countries as this will make it difficult for France to control her colonies in West Africa. They want to keep printing the CFA for them and control how money is spent.

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Re: With New Passport By African Union, Africans Can Travel To Any African Country! by JBismarck(m): 4:09pm On Jul 01, 2016
Ok
Re: With New Passport By African Union, Africans Can Travel To Any African Country! by scully95: 6:35pm On Jul 01, 2016
since gaddafi's death, those controlling this kind of thing are in wishful thinking mode. i am death sure this is another Brussels crap controlled by the anglozionist empire since they took out gaddafi and south african president, mandela is gone. these are the two figures that made sure non of foreign bases were installed on african continent but since they have gone.

rest are just puppets and it will never work. ecowas paspsort is enough for now..
they should keep au until we know who is running it and they should forget any kind of unitlatary currency.. it is a failure in europe and will never work in africa.

last on the lane.. if this au shiit passport means importing or exporting terrorists from one region to another.. they should forget it again, it will never work..
Re: With New Passport By African Union, Africans Can Travel To Any African Country! by Nobody: 7:07am On Jul 02, 2016
scully95:

last on the lane.. if this au shiit passport means importing or exporting terrorists from one region to another.. they should forget it again, it will never work..
That is exactly what it is about. First it was EU that proposed a free trade zone between EU and ECOWAS (I believe that is the AZ's African version of TTIP). And now this. If this bill is passed, the CIA will be able to transport its terrorists from one country to another without stress. Imagine Book Haram moving freely in Cameroon after suffering huge losses in Nigeria. They will recuperate and reappear in Nigeria easily without proper checks which a none visa-free regime would provide. This will also give them the ability to further destabilize Africa through ethnic tensions and intertribal wars because immigration will become easier. This is not good for Africa at all.

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