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Titolo: United States of Africa? African Union launches all-Africa passport

http://edition.cnn.com/2016/07/05/africa/african-union-passport/
 
 
United States of Africa? African Union launches all-Africa passport
By Kieron Monks, for CNN
July 5, 2016
 
As the European Union threatens to unravel in the wake of Britain's vote 
to leave, the African Union is pursuing a path of closer integration 
through the launch of a common passport that will grant visa-free access 
to all 54 member states.
 
The electronic passports will be unveiled at the AU summit in Kigali, 
Rwanda, later this month, where they will be issued to heads of state 
and senior officials. The Union aims to distribute them to all African 
citizens by 2018.
"This flagship project has the specific aim of facilitating free 
movement of persons, goods and services around the continent - in order 
to foster intra-Africa trade, integration and socio-economic 
development," the Union announced in a statement.
 
The passports represent a key plank of the Agenda 2063 action plan, 
which emphasizes the need for greater continental integration, drawing 
on the popular vision of Pan-African unity. Freedom of movement has been 
a longstanding priority among member states, as enshrined in previous 
agreements such as the 1991 Abuja Treaty. Common passports have already 
been adopted for several regions, such as the Economic Community of West 
African States (ECOWAS).
 
Open door policy
 
Currently, just 13 African states are open to all African citizens 
without advance visas, with many placing severe restrictions on travel. 
A recent report from the African Development Bank advised that easing 
entrance requirements would support economic growth, citing the case of 
Rwanda, which saw GDP and tourism revenues climb after abolishing visas.
AU Director for Political Affairs Dr. Khabele Matlosa believes opening 
borders will have a profound effect for workers at the lower end of the 
scale.
 
"We have a problem now that young people are risking their lives to 
cross the Sahara Desert or travel on boats to Europe," says Matlosa. "If 
we open opportunities in Africa we reduce that risk."
 
The Director has been studying the example of Europe, but believes a 
closer African Union will not be so threatened by concerns about 
immigration or loss of sovereignty.
 
"Africa is a continent of migrants so we are not as suspicious of 
refugees," he says. "This is a test of our Pan-Africanism, the doctrine 
which underpins the African Union's existence. We are committed to this 
philosophy."
However Matlosa acknowledges the target of providing all citizens with 
the passports by 2018 is ambitious, conceding that full coverage may not 
be achieved until several years later.
 
Risks and rewards
 
Analysts have highlighted logistical challenges of the initiative.
"Not all countries have the same level of technology needed for the 
biometric system and to register their citizens," says David Zounmenou, 
senior research fellow at the Institute for Security Studies. "The 
timeframe is too short -- 2020 would be a fine effort."
 
Zounmenou adds that the closer union will face a complaint familiar to 
European counterparts -- that of more powerful states overriding smaller 
members.
 
"Not every country will buy into it," he says. "Visa revenue is an 
important source of income for some countries and removing it will 
affect the local economy unless there is compensation."
 
But Zounmenou believes that common passports will support international 
trade within the continent, reducing the widespread dependence on 
Western goods, and offer new opportunities to many citizens.
 
"Many people ask 'what are the practical benefits of being a member of 
the AU?'" he says. "This can be one of the most important social and 
economic responses, which allows business to flow, students to travel, 
and people to move from one corner of the continent to another."
 
Critics have suggested open borders risk strengthening terror groups and 
organized crime, but Zounmenou disagrees. "One key advantage is that we 
will have centralized records to show who is going where," he says.
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Mi ricorda il sanguinario mostro Gheddafi che mise su la Banca Africana di Investimenti, che nelle intenzioni doveva affrancare il continente dal WTO e dalla Banca Mondiale. In particolare ci tenenva che fosse composta da soli capitali di provenienza africana e si oppose con fermezza a qualuqnue tentativo di infiltrazione delle  cosche mafiose locali.
Un annetto prima dell'invasion.....ehm....rivoluzione popolare.

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Correzione: non la Banca di Investimenti africana che è un'associazione a delinquere legata mani e piedi al verminaio, ma voleva affrancare l'Africa dal dominio del dollaro e implementare un sistema basato sul dinaro d'oro.

 will have centralized records to show who is going where," he says.
 
Considerato anche l'affidabilità delle anagrafi dei paesi del Continente 
Nero sarà un ottimo sistema per fluidificare il flusso di irregolari 
verso l'Abendland.
 
fe...@delenda.net
 
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