MALIAN ARMY WITHDRAWS FROM KEY TESSALIT MILITARY CAMP. (PHOTO).

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 Malian army withdraws from key Tessalit military camp: sources Mali’s army and its Russian mercenary allies have surrendered Camp Tessalit, a strategic military post in the north, multiple sources told the AFP news agency on Friday. An official from the Tuareg-led separatist group claimed soldiers and mercenaries at the camp had "surrendered", following a fierce fight over the weekend. Simultaneous attacks in Mali by militants linked to Al Qaeda and separatist Tuareg rebels on April 25 showed how fighters ​from different groups with different goals were able to strike at the heart of the West African country's military government. Gunfire and explosions were reported in the capital Bamako and around a large military base outside the capital, as well as Gao and central areas, as gunfire continuing in the northern city of Kidal. Defence minister Sadio Camara was killed at his residence in Kati, a garrison town near the capital, Bamako, following the fierce weekend fighting...

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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