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Mahamadou Hamidou/Reuters The alliance formed last year by three junta-led West African nations — Mali, Burkina Faso and ...

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Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger will soon introduce new biometric passports issued by their new alliance, after their withdrawal ...

The contractor for the new passport has not been announced yet, but Biometric Update has been informed by a source that ...

Three West African countries run by military juntas will be launching a new biometric passports “in the coming days” as part of their withdrawal from the wider regional bloc Ecowas.