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30 May 2019
www.africanews.com
Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Wednesday met with key heads of United Nations agencies in Ethiopia to discuss how the UN in the region can coordinate better and deliver as one.
30 May 2019
www.modernghana.com
Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe, on Wednesday met with key heads of United Nations agencies in Ethiopia to discuss how the UN in the region can coordinate better and deliver as one.
30 May 2019
www.journalducameroun.com
Economic Commission for Africa’s (ECA) Executive Secretary, Vera Songwe has called for joint efforts with UN agencies in Ethiopia, especially strong cooperation and collaboration in all their work and highlighted the need for collective, coherent and aligned reporting on their work.The call comes as the UN chiefs discussed on Wednesday how they can work better together in light of ongoing UN...
30 May 2019
http://reussirbusiness.com
La Secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique (CEA), Vera Songwe, a rencontré mercredi, les principaux responsables des Institutions des Nations Unies en Éthiopie afin de discuter des moyens à mettre en place pour que le système des Nations Unies en Afrique puisse mieux coordonner et unir leur action.
30 May 2019
www.china.org.cn
At a cereal market in Busia, on the Ugandan side of the Uganda-Kenya border, business is booming. Trucks with goods from different parts of Uganda are offloaded while others heading for Kenya and South Sudan are being loaded.
30 May 2019
http://french.xinhuanet.com
Sur le marché céréalier de Busia, du côté ougandais de la frontière entre l'Ouganda et le Kenya, les affaires sont florissantes : des camions transportant des marchandises en provenance de différentes parties de l'Ouganda sont déchargés, tandis que d'autres sont en train d'être chargés à destination du Kenya et du Soudan du Sud.
30 May 2019
www.africa-ontherise.com
The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA) came into force on 30 May 2019. In April 2019, Gambia ratified the agreement, bringing the total number of African Union (AU) member state ratifications to 22, the minimum threshold for AfCFTA’s implementation. In the last month, the required number of endorsements was received by the AU and the agreement is now in force.
30 May 2019
www.xinhuanet.com
At a cereal market in Busia, on the Ugandan side of the Uganda-Kenya border, business is booming. Trucks with goods from different parts of Uganda are offloaded while others heading for Kenya and South Sudan are being loaded.
30 May 2019
www.bbc.com
Africa free trade agreement don legally start since midnight breaking Thursday and African Union check say na de big free trade area since weh deh start World Trade Organisation.
29 May 2019
https://francais.rt.com
La zone de libre-échange continentale africaine entrera en vigueur le 31 mai. Si pour certains sa création constitue une aubaine pour stimuler les économies africaines, d’autres se montrent bien plus critiques sur l’utilité d’un tel dispositif.
29 May 2019
https://news.cgtn.com
The African Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) Agreement is to set enter into force on May 30, 2019. This date marks 30 days after the 22 member states' ratification was deposited with the chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC). The AfCFTA will be launched officially on July 7, 2019, at an exceptional African Summit to be held at the city of Niamey, the Republic of Niger.
29 May 2019
www.jeuneafrique.com
Diversification de l’économie, innovation, Zlec, évolution des relations internationales… La dirigeante pose un regard lucide sur les défis auxquels le continent est confronté.
29 May 2019
https://ecomatin.net
Parmi les 49 premiers à le signer le 21 mars 2018 à Kigali, le pays n’a finalement pas ratifié cet accord qui sera mis en œuvre dès ce 30 mai, mais, ne donne aucune explication sur sa réticence.
29 May 2019
https://ethiopianmonitor.com
Top officials of United Nations agencies in Ethiopia met on Wednesday to discuss how they can coordinate better and deliver as one in Africa.
29 May 2019
www.bilaterals.org
La zone de libre-échange continentale africaine entrera en vigueur le 31 mai. Si pour certains sa création constitue une aubaine pour stimuler les économies africaines, d’autres se montrent bien plus critiques sur l’utilité d’un tel dispositif.
29 May 2019
www.seneplus.com
Ce 30 mai qui marque l’entrée en vigueur de la Zleca est un moment historique ; un repère qui va, sûrement, laisser des empreintes dans les annales de l’histoire commerciale de l’Afrique.
28 May 2019
www.jeuneafrique.com
Diversification de l’économie, innovation, Zlec, évolution des relations internationales… La secrétaire exécutive de la Commission économique pour l’Afrique des Nations unies, Vera Songwe, pose un regard lucide sur les défis auxquels le continent est confronté.
27 May 2019
www.ghanabusinessnews.com
On May 23, 2019, Zimbabwe became the 23rd African state to deposit its instrument of ratification of the African Continental Free Trade Agreement with the African Union Commission (AUC). 22 countries are required to fulfill that requirement to bring the African Continental Free Trade Area into effect.
27 May 2019
https://journalintegration.com
C’est officiel : La Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (Zlecaf) entrera en vigueur à partir du 30 mai 2019. L’information est contenue dans un communiqué publié le 29 avril dernier par la Commission de l’Union africaine (UA). Le texte indique que le président de la Commission, Moussa Faki Mahamat, accompagné du commissaire au Commerce et à l’Industrie, Albert Muchanga, a reçu, le 29...
25 May 2019
https://moneyweek.com
Populism and trade wars have put globalisation into reverse. African nations are bucking the trend with AfCFTA, a comprehensive agreement that will create a vast new trade bloc.
25 May 2019
www.5fm.co.zm
Government has acknowledged that there are some challenges that the country will need to overcome in order to see the real benefits of the Africa Continental Free Trade Area.
25 May 2019
https://rp221.com
Le Nigeria va ratifier l’accord relatif à la création de la Zone de libre-échange continentale africaine (Zlecaf) dès que le président Muhammadu Buhari aura approuvé un rapport d’évaluation de son impact sur l’économie nationale, a annoncé le ministre nigérian du Commerce et de l’Industrie, Okechukwu Enelamah (photo), le 21 mai.
24 May 2019
https://english.manoramaonline.com
24 May 2019
https://infosurhoy.com
Forced displacement caused African countries a “significant loss of human potential” as the continent hosts the largest forced displaced population globally, experts and policymakers said on Thursday.