Somalia and Tanzania have signed a new immigration agreement allowing visa-free and visa-on-arrival travel between the two countries, a move expected to ease movement for business, tourism, and educational purposes.

The agreement was signed on the Somali side by Minister of Internal Security Abdullahi Sheikh Ismail Fartaag, and on the Tanzanian side by Minister of Internal Affairs Patrobas Paschal Katambi.

Also present were Tanzania’s Commissioner General of Immigration Anna P. Makakala, Somalia’s Director of the Immigration and Citizenship Agency Mustafa Sheikh Ali Dhuhulow, and Somalia’s ambassador to Tanzania Ilyas Ali Hassan.