More countries sign the African free trade area agreement

African Union chairman Rwandan President Paul Kagame (right) with AU Commission chairperson Moussa Faki during the closing ceremony of the AU Summit in Mauritanian capital Nouakchott on July 2, 2018. PHOTO | URUGWIRO

Forty-nine of the 55 member states of the African Union have signed the continental free trade are agreement.

The AU chairman Rwandan President Paul Kagame made the announcement on Monday during the closing ceremony of the 31st African Union Summit in Mauritanian capital Nouakchott.