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BORDERLESS WRITTEN BY Lily Kuo When heads of state from across Africa arrive in Kigali, Rwanda next month for the African Union (AU) Summit, they will be among the first Africans issued the new electronic African Union passport. The passport is meant to make travel on the continent much easier for Africans. “The scene seems to be set to realize the dream of visa-free travel for African citizens within their own continent by 2020,” the AU said in a statement announcing the launch. Travel in Africa is difficult for most Africans. They are required to have visas for over half of the countries on the continent. Only 13 African countries (pdf) allow other Africans to enter without a visa or give visas on arrival. In contrast, Americans can travel to 20 African countries without visas or with visas on arrival. African travelers say they feel the same suspicion at immigration counters within the continent as they do outside of it. Aliko Dangote, a Nigerian busine...

Tony Blair, Michael Heseltine and Nick Clegg among those signing joint letter calling for vote against Brexit in referendum Michael Heseltine, Tony Blair and Nick Clegg are among signatories to the letter. Photograph: Katherine Anne Rose for the Observer; Features; Dave Thompson/Getty Images Tony Blair and two former deputy prime ministers, Lord Heseltine and Nick Clegg , have launched a late plea to voters to reject “division, isolationism and blame” and vote on Thursday to stay in the EU. After the tragic killing of Labour MP Jo Cox, they say the country is living in “worrying times” in which people must work together and unite, not pull each other apart. Along with other senior politicians and figures from public life, they write that the country should seek unity, not division, remaining “a democracy where disagreements do not degenerate into incivility and where debate is not used to divide our communities”. They add: “We have a chance as a country to...

Na Mwandishi wetu Washington  Makamo wa Kwanza Mstaafu wa Rais wa Zanzibar na Katibu mkuu wa Chama Cha Wananchi (CUF), maalim Seif Sharif Hamad, jana alimaliza ziara yake nchini Marekani iliyochukua muda wa wiki moja. Makamo wa Kwanza Mstaafu wa Rais wa Zanzibar na Katibu mkuu wa Chama Cha Wananchi (CUF), maalim Seif Sharif Hamad ( Picha na http://swahilivilla.blogspot.com/) Maalim Seif alikhitimisha ziara yake hiyo kwa mkutano wa hadhara ambapo alipata nafasi ya kuongea na Watanzania waishio nchini humu.  Katika Mkutano huo, mwanasiasa huyo gwiji nchini Tanzania alisema kuwa lengo la ziara yake ni kuuelezea ulimwengu kukhusu kile kilichotokea Zanzibar kufuatia uchaguzi wa Oktoba 25 na mwelekeo wa demokrasia nchini Tanzania kwa ujumla. Aliielezea ziara yake hiyo nchini Marekani kuwa imezaa matrunda. “Sina budi kumshukuru Mwenyezi Mungu kuwa tumeeleweka na ziara yetu imezaa matunda” alisema Maalim Seif. Sehemu ya hadhira wakimsikiliza...