Mali, Niger & Burkina Faso Set to Introduce New Biometric Passports Follwing ECOWAS Exit

Three West African countries, Mali, Niger and Burkina Faso are preparing to roll out new biometric passports as part of their withdrawal from the West African regional political and economic union, ECOWAS (Economic Community of West African States). Mali’s leader, Colonel Assimi Goïta, announced that the three countries will soon introduce a biometric passport for the newly-formed Alliance of […]