Botswana & Namibia sign Memorandum of Agreement for use of ID cards to cross borders

The countries of Botswana and Namibia haved signed a Memorandum of Agreement (MoA) to permit the use of National Identity Cards for the two countries as travel documents to cross their borders.

The signing of the MoA took place today (24 February 2023) at the  Mamuno/Trans-Kalahari border post, which will be the first along the Botswana/Namibia border to commence the use of National Identity Card as a travel document. According to the Official Facebook Page of the Government of Botswana, the Kasane Immigration Office in Kasane (Botswana), the Mohembo border post as well as the Ngoma Bridge border post will follow suit and the Dobe border post upon completion.

Source: TravelComments.com Official Blog