African leaders sign continental free-trade agreement
2018-03-22 09:37:31 source：Aljazeera
March 21, 2018
African leaders have signed an agreement to set up a massive free-trade area to improve regional integration and boost economic growth across the continent.
The deal to create the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) was signed at an extraordinary summit in Kigali, Rwanda by representatives of 44 of the 55 African Union (AU) member states.
"Our peoples, our business community and our youth, in particular, cannot wait any longer to see the lifting of the barriers that divide our continent, hinder its economic takeoff and perpetuate misery, even though Africa is abundantly endowed with wealth," said AU Commission Chair Moussa Faki Mahamat.
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