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Outgoing African Union Commission chief Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma has called for Africans to be allowed
to travel freely within the continent, saying the advantages outweigh the
disadvantages, South Africa's News24 website reports.
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Dr
Dlamini-Zuma has declined to serve a second term. AFP
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In
what was billed as a "State of the continent" address in South
Africa's coastal city of Durban, she said:
Rwanda
was the country that led this move and they opened their borders for all
Africans. That kind of policy has seen them increase their tourism by 24% and
trade by over 50%. Generally, the free movement of people has more advantages
than disadvantages.
"If
people are free to move they come in and leave. If they know they can't come
back at their will, they end up staying. We are developing a comprehensive
protocol of free movement and we are hoping it will be signed by 2018"
Ms
Dlamini-Zuma, a South African, is due to step down from her post next
month.
Five
candidates are vying to succeed her:
o
Pelonomi
Venson-Moitoi - Botswana's foreign minister
o
Moussa
Faki Mahamat - Chad's foreign minister
o
Agapito
Mba Mokuy- Equatorial Guinea's foreign minister
o
Amina
Mohamed- Kenya's foreign minister
o Abdoulaye
Bathily - Former UN special envoy to Central African Republic and Senegalese
environment minister
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