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Africa Free Trade Zone comes into force
24 countries have now ratified the agreement
The African Continental Free Trade Area is now in full effect, after 23 countries out of 44 signed an agreement to create one African market which could potentially be worth trillions of dollars.
The President of South Africa, Cyril Ramaphosa has announced the names of the ministers and for the first time in history, half of all ministers are women including outspoken opposition politician and former Mayor of Cape Town Patricia de Lille.
Plus the role of Sudan's revolutionary doctors in the ousting of Omar al-Bashir and the price they paid for it.
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