KIGALI, March 21 -- Forty-four African countries on Wednesday signed an agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda.
The signing took place during the 10th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union (AU) on the AfCFTA. According to the AU, 19 African heads of state and government attended the summit.
The signed legal instruments was handed over to Chairperson of AU Commission Moussa Faki Mahamat after the signing.
The countries that signed the AfCFTA agreement include Niger, Rwanda, Chad, Angola, Kenya and Ethiopia, among others.
The agreement will be submitted for ratification by state parties of the agreement in accordance with their domestic laws.
At the opening session ahead of the signing ceremony, AU Commission Chairperson had called the day a "historic day", which marks a new step in Africa's march towards greater integration and closer unity.
"Beyond the debates about what some countries might gain or lose in the short term, the truth, statistically established, is that each of our member states and the continent as a whole will benefit immensely from the establishment of the free trade area," he said.
The AfCFTA is the culmination of a vision set forth nearly 40 years ago in the Lagos Plan of Action, adopted by African heads of state and government in 1980, said AU Chairperson and Rwanda's President Paul Kagame at the opening.
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