Namibia and Zambia will soon only require identification cards for citizens crossing their borders.
Namibia’s Minister of Home Affairs, Immigration, Safety, and Security, Dr. Albert Kawana, made the announcement during the commemoration of Zambia’s 59th Independence celebrations in Windhoek.
Dr. Kawana says the two countries are working closely together to ensure that the use of passports is abolished.
He informed the gathering that Zambian citizens would be the next to be allowed to enter Namibia using their identification cards.
This year, Botswana and Namibia became the first countries in southern Africa to abolish the use of passports for travel between the two countries.
The High Commissioner of Zambia to Namibia, Stephen Katuk, highlighted the strong bilateral relations between Namibia and Zambia, which date back to Namibia’s struggle for independence.
The two countries recently also agreed to allow convicted offenders from either country to serve the remainder of their sentences in their home countries.
Zambia’s independence was celebrated under the theme “Accelerating National Development Through Equitable Distribution of Resources.”
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