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      Press releases
      Note to Editors: Questions and Answers on the African Continental Free Trade Are
      19 March 2018
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      Note to Editors: African Union will enhance Free Movement and Single Air Transpo
      19 March 2018

      The Extraordinary Summit on the African Continental Free TRADE AfCFTA held from 17 – 21 March 2018 in Kigali , Rwanda, will serve as a platform for the African Union to sign into existence another

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      Note to Editors: The African Continental Free Trade Area Protocol is a Means towards Building the “Africa We Want”
      Note to Editors: The African Continental Free Trade Area Protocol is a Means tow
      19 March 2018

      Kigali Rwanda, 19th March 2018: The establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area will result in a unified market of over 1,2 billion people with a combined gross product of over US$3 tr

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      AfCFTA: DCP Thomas Kwesi Quartey says the Summit on this Flagship Project is a Historic Moment for Africa
      AfCFTA: DCP Thomas Kwesi Quartey says the Summit on this Flagship Project is a H
      18 March 2018

      Kigali, Rwanda, 17 March 2018: H.E Amb.

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      Note to Editors: 10th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU on the African Continental Free Trade Area opens today in Kigali at the level of the Permanent Representative Committee
      Note to Editors: 10th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the AU on the Afr
      17 March 2018

      Kigali Rwanda, 17th March 2018: The Permanent Representatives Committee (PRC) meeting in preparation for the 18th Extraordinary Session of the Executive Council and the Assembly of the Heads of Sta

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      African Continental Free Trade Area gathers Strong Impetus to boost Economic Growth
      African Continental Free Trade Area gathers Strong Impetus to boost Economic Gro
      17 March 2018

      Kigali, Rwanda, 15 March 2018: “I am once again honoured to address the Permanent Representatives’ Committee, the linchpin of the African Union, on the occasion of preparations for the Extraordinar

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      Statement by H.E. Hope Tumukunde Gasatura, Chair of the Permanent Representative
      17 March 2018

      Your Excellency, Moussa Faki Mahamat, Chairperson of the AU Commission;

      Excellences, members of the PRC;

      Excellences Heads of Regional Economic Communities;

      Speeches
      Statement by H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat Chairperson of the African Union Commissi
      17 March 2018

      Draft Statement by H.E.

      Event
      Permanent Representatives Committee Session of the 10th Extraordinary Summit on the AfCFTA
      Permanent Representatives Committee Session of the 10th Extraordinary Summit on
      17 March 2018
      Press releases
      Communiqué on the participation of the Chairperson of the African Union Commissi
      16 March 2018

      Kigali, 16 March 2018: African Union Commission Chairperson Moussa Faki Mahamat arrived in Kigali, Rwanda, today, to take part in the African Union Extraordinary Summit on the African Continental F

      Press releases
      African Union Commission and the Government of Rwanda Sign a Host Agreement in Preparation of the Extraordinary Summit of the afCFTA
      African Union Commission and the Government of Rwanda Sign a Host Agreement in P
      16 March 2018

      Kigali, Rwanda, 15 March 2018: Mr. Mourad Ben Dhiab, Secretary General (SG) of the African Union, Commission (AUC) and Mr.

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      African Union Member States meet for the last round of the Continental Free Trade Area (CFTA) Negotiations
      African Union Member States meet for the last round of the Continental Free Trad
      6 November 2017

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