Mohamed Bilal
Africa leaders sign 'Cape to Cairo' free trade bloc deal
African leaders signed on June 10 a potentially historic 26-nation free trade pact to create a common market spanning half the continent from Cairo to Cape Town.
The deal on the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) caps five years of negotiations to set up a framework for preferential tariffs easing the movement of goods in an area home to 625 million people.