Sahel Alliance to unveil biometric passports

Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger will soon launch new passports, the serving president of the confederation that groups the three countries has announced.

In a televised address on Sunday (Sep. 15), Malian president Col Assimi Goïta said the issuance of new official documents was aimed at harmonizing travel documents,” within the confederation.

It is also aimed at facilitating the circulation of their citizens across the world, he…