The Gambia has become the 22nd country to approve the Africa Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA). This means that the minimum threshold has been met for the agreement to finally come into force.
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Politics and Society AU to reveal details on production and issuance of the African passport
Moussa Faki Mahamat, AU Commission Chairperson revealed the AU will in February present specific details on the production and issuance of the African passport, which will aid the free movement of Africans across the continent.
Politics and Society China-Africa: A New Accord
For 500 years foreign agency in the land of Africa has been exclusively self serving and brutally exploitative. Thus it is nearly impossible to imagine any other kind of relationship between outsiders and Africans. But today, at such a crucial juncture of global transformation, it is vitally important to not only imagine, but to observe and support the building of exactly a different kind of relationship.
Politics and Society China’s salami slicing takes root in Africa
With the consent of African governments, China’s subtle but deliberate strategy is paying off.
Politics and Society Reaping Africa’s demographic dividend
Agriculture is the foundation on which job opportunities for the youth can be built, argues Dr Richard Munang and Mr Robert Mgendi
Politics and Society America’s petty policy on used clothes for Africa
The top U.S. foreign policy goals in Africa evidently no longer relate to human rights or democratic freedoms, but to protecting tiny, marginal American industries.
Politics and Society Why Africa’s free trade area offers so much promise
Continental free trade area’s potential impact includes boosting intra-Africa trade, manufacturing exports, job creation and poverty alleviation.
Politics and Society What Do Trump’s Phone Calls to African Leaders Mean for Trade and Security
U.S. President Donald Trump has been in the Oval office for a little over a month, and the early days have been quite eventful. The continent remains on tenterhooks, as it remains unclear what trajectory the Trump administration will take on Africa. While it has been argued that the Trump presidency is a golden moment for Africa to chart its own development path, it appears Trump is likely to adopt policies that deal with individual countries in the continent, unlike his predecessors who crafted policies which saw Africa as group.
Politics and Society Rebalancing an unbalanced relationship
For a government which stresses that FOCAC – the Forum for China-Africa Cooperation – is not about demanding handouts from China, South Africa has a remarkably long wish list from the FOCAC summit which takes place in Sandton in a fortnight.