African Union
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7-Sep-2018 Euractiv
Tensions grow over the future of the ACP group
The African Union wants to have a continent-to-continent dialogue with Europe, a change that could make the framework of the Cotonou Agreement implode and leave the Pacific and Caribbean states out in the cold.
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1-Aug-2018 Africa News
Eritrea, Nigeria, G-Bissau yet to commit to Africa free trade deal
According to the African Union Commission chairperson, Nigeria, Eritrea and Guinea Bissau have made no commitment to the AU’s Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) signed in Kigali in March 2018.
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1-Aug-2018 La Tribune Afrique
L’Afrique à l’épreuve du libre-échange et de l’intégration commerciale
Partagé entre protectionnistes et partisans du libre-échange, le continent se trouve à un tournant en matière de doctrine économique. Mais que gagnerait véritablement l’Afrique à davantage s’intégrer commercialement ?
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6-Jul-2018 Tralac
Consultative workshop on market access concessions on trade in goods for CEN-SAD, ECCAS, ECOWAS and UMA Member States
The objective of the consultative workshop is a regional-wide consultation to finalize the outstanding issues including criteria for designation of sensitive products, percentages, etc.
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5-Jul-2018 New Era
Namibia finally pens Africa free trade deal
Namibia has finally signed the trillion-dollar African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA), which requires members to remove tariffs from 90 percent of goods to allow free access to commodities, goods and services across the continent.
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3-Jul-2018 aNiamey
Quarante-neuf Etats membres de l’UA ont signé l’accord sur la zone de libre-échange continentale africaine
Quarante-neuf Etats membres de l’Union africaine ont signé l’accord visant la création de la zone de libre-échange continentale, a déclaré Paul Kagame, président rwandais et président en exercice de l’institution panafricaine.
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3-Jul-2018 Global Times
49 AU members have signed free trade pact: AU chairperson
Forty-nine members of the African Union have signed the African continental free trade area (AfCFTA) agreement, said AU chairperson Paul Kagame .
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24-May-2018 ICTSD
Ratification of African Continental Free Trade Area gets underway
African Continental Free Trade Area signatories are now beginning the ratification process, while also looking at the technical work needed to make the area a reality.
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20-Apr-2018
ZLEC - Texte consolidé (mars 2018)
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20-Apr-2018
AfCFTA - Consolidated text (March 2018)
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4-Apr-2018 bilaterals.org
Interview with Ndongo Samba Sylla
Dr Ndongo Samba Sylla is an economist, researcher and programme officer at the Office for West Africa at the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation. In this interview, he analyses the African Continental Free Trade Area
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27-Mar-2018 Fin24
SA wants more clarity before signing African free trade plan
The SA government wants more clarity on details related to the African Continent Free Trade Area. Unions warned that the agreement could lead to job losses.
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26-Mar-2018 La Nouvelle Tribune
Zone de libre-échange continentale (Zlec) : Moïse Kérékou critique le projet
Pour le diplomate, l’Union Africaine est en train de mettre la charrue avant les bœufs avec ce projet. Elle n’a pas appris selon lui, des problèmes d’intégration qui se posent au niveau des Communautés Economiques Régionales.
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23-Mar-2018 Malaysian Digest
African Union plans another summit In July for countries unsure about FTA
The African Union is to hold another summit in Mauritania in July when countries with reservations about signing the African Continental Free Trade Area agreement can make their choice.
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22-Mar-2018 Capital News
44 African nations sign pact establishing free trade area: AU
The creation of a free trade area — billed as the world’s largest in terms of participating countries — comes after two years of negotiations, and is one of the AU’s flagship projects for greater African integration.
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22-Mar-2018 RFI
UA: 44 pays signent un accord pour une Zone de libre-échange continental
Un projet en négociation depuis 2015 et qui ne fait pas encore l’unanimité puisque certains poids lourds comme le Nigeria ont besoin de consultations approfondies.
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20-Mar-2018 Prensa Latina
Uganda will not sign either African free trade agreement soon
It is not yet clear why Museveni decided to cancel the trip, but local commentators believe that this suggests the deterioration of relations between Kigali and Kampala.
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19-Mar-2018 Africa News
Le Nigeria suspend sa participation à l’accord de libre-échange de l’Union Africaine
Le président nigérian a annoncé qu’il ne se rendrait pas au Rwanda, où est prévu un Sommet extraordinaire de l’Union Africaine, parce que certains actionnaires nigérians ont fait savoir qu’ils n’ont pas été consultés.
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19-Mar-2018 Yahoo
Nigeria skips African summit in blow to free trade deal
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari will not attend the African Union summit in Rwanda because certain key stakeholders in Nigeria indicated that they had not been consulted.
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13-Mar-2018 Webmanagercenter
La Zone de libre-échange continentale sera lancée le 21 mars 2018 à Kigali
Cette décision intervient à l’issue de la réunion des ministres du Commerce de l’Union africaine qui s’est tenue les 8 et 9 mars à Kigali.
