AL QAEDA-LINKED INSURGENTS ESTABLISH CHECK POINTS AROUND CAPITAL, CALL ON MALIANS TO RISE UP. (PHOTO).

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 Al Qaeda-linked insurgents establish check points around capital, call on Malians to rise up Al Qaeda-linked insurgents have called on Malians to ‌rise up against the military-led government and transition to Sharia law, as multiple security sources said the group had set up checkpoints around the capital and seized a northern town. The latest incidents come just days after Jama'at Nusrat al-Islam wal-Muslimin (JNIM) launched unprecedented assaultsacross the country ​on April 25 in coordination with the Tuareg-dominated rebel group the Azawad Liberation Front (FLA). Bases throughout the landlocked African ​country and near the capital Bamako were hit in those attacks, which killed Mali's defence minister. ⁠The town of Kidal was also seized. The group, which threatened a total blockade of Bamako following the ​attacks, has established a number of checkpoints on several major arteries leading to the city, five sources told Reuters on ​Friday. The FLA also seized the northern tow...

ZAMBIA, GHANA LATEST AFRICAN NATIONS TO SCRAP VISA FOR CITIZENS. (PHOTO).


 Zambia, Ghana latest African nations to scrap visa for citizens


Ghana and Zambia have agreed to implement visa-free travel for citizens of both countries in a landmark deal as Ghana’s President John Dramani Mahama visits Lusaka, where he was received by President Hakainde Hichilema, TRT Afrika reported.


Mahama’s three-day state visit to Zambia is aimed at deepening diplomatic ties, boosting economic cooperation, and strengthening people-to-people relations.


The scrapping of visas for citizens of both countries was one of the key priorities.


This is the first-ever such arrangement between Zambia, a country in Southern Africa, and Ghana, which is in West Africa.


Ghana is one of five African countries that have offered visa-free entry to all Africans.


The other countries where Africans don’t require a visa to enter are Rwanda, Seychelles, The Gambia, and Benin.


This comes as governments move to ease travel and free trade across the continent, aimed at boosting socio-economic integration in recent years, although progress has been slow.

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