The somali officials can travel with the somali passport to rest of the world without visa, some may have diplomatic passports
In the gulf countries, the somalis depend on the official passport like these who have residency permit or those who go for a pilgrimage but now they have to obtain this new blue passport as the somali govt has banned the old one
The somali govt wants to join the EA community-east africa bloc- so, these countries will be the first to recognize this passport without applying for visa
The E passport is recognized by the southern and eastren EU countries and greece, all you need is to apply for visa because its difficult to forge it as that was the main reason behind the somali passport not being recognized
WithIn this year, we may have other dozens of global embassies so no need to go to the next door countries
The new passport has received a great acceptance from the people of somalia and has regional offices too.
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In a great development, the somali govt has received $3.8m from the african development bank. The african and arab countries have started to deal directly with the somali govt.