African countries urged to take more measures in building continental free trade area

Vera Songwe, Under-Secretary-General of UN and Executive Secretary of the UN Economic Commission for Africa, speaks during an African Union (AU) Executive Council meeting in Kigali, capital city of Rwanda on March 19, 2018. UN and AU officials on Monday urged African countries to take more measures as Africa is launching the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA). (Xinhua/Gabriel Dusabe)