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Urgent: African countries sign agreement establishing continental free trade area

Xinhua,March 21, 2018 Adjust font size:

KIGALI, March 21 (Xinhua) -- African countries on Wednesday signed an agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda.

The signing took place during the 10th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) on the AfCFTA. Enditem