Malian AES passports made in Europe by a French company, yet fustigé

The new passports of the Alliance of Sahel States, which includes Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso, were officially put into circulation on 29 January 2025. This passport replaces the old documents siglé Cédéao, the three countries having decided to withdraw from the sub-regional organization on behalf of their "national sovereignty". A sovereignty regularly brandy to accuse France of interference. Yet, as Young Africa has revealed, it is a French c…

By Toni Antonucci /Pressenza / Africa in Summary / March 29, 2025. The countries of the Sahel Confederation AES, Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger, continue their project of mutual integration towards increasing self-sufficiency and sovereignty with various industrial, economic, security and infrastructure projects aimed at improving the [...] La entrada Sahel. Emancipación, cambio y futuro se publicada primero en Summary Latinoamericano.

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