African countries sign agreement establishing continental free trade area

The African Union (AU) Chairperson and Rwandan President Paul Kagame (R) delivers remarks at the 10th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union on the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Kigali, Rwanda, on March 21, 2018. Forty-four African countries on Wednesday signed an agreement establishing the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) in Kigali. (Xinhua/Gabriel Dusabe)