ADDIS ABABA – If Ethiopia’s impending ratification of Africa Continental Free Trade Area agreement (AfCFTA) comes to pass, the pact will be requiring only three other ratifications to enter into force. According to the African Union (AU), Ethiopia’s ratification will become the nineteenth out of the minimum number of 22 required to effectively bring AfCFTA into operation. Quoting the Prime Minister (PM)’s office, Africa News reports that Ethiopia approved the AfCFTA pact on Saturday. Earlier callThe AU had months earlier challenged countries from North Africa to ratify the AfCFTA, seeing that all ratifications, up to then, were from sub-Saharan Africa. Others are Namibia, South Africa, Djibouti, Rwanda, Republic of Congo, Ivory Coast, Guinea, Mali, Mauritania, Senegal, Togo and Sierra Leone.

Source: The North Africa Journal February 04, 2019 08:37 UTC