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African Passport, Open Borders Unrealistic Timing | DW Special
23 January 2020
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The 2020 resolutions by African countries including the creation of a continental passport, are unrealistic, DW’s Claus Stäcker writes.

The first of the electronic passport was unveiled at the 27th Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union in Kigali, Rwanda in 2016 where they were issued to heads of state. Currently, the only other Africans eligible to travel on the passport are Ministers of Foreign Affairs and permanent representatives of AU member states based at the Union’s headquarters in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia / Photo: African Union

He says: Africans are to receive a common Africa passport. The structure, appearance and number of pages of the travel document have long since been finalized: 32 pages for the average citizen, with content written in five different languages; English, French, Portuguese, Arabic and Kiswahili to make it truly African. – CONTINUE READING…