LIVE: 10th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union

Countries and Signatories:
1.Niger – President Mahamadou Issoufou
2.Rwanda – President Paul Kagame
3.Tchad – President Idriss Deby
4.Angola – President Joao Lourenço
5.Central African Republic – President Faustin-Archange Touadéra
6. Comoros – President Azali Assoumani
7. The Republic of Congo – President Denis Sassou Nguesso
8. Djibouti – President Ismaïl Omar Guelleh
9. Ghana – President Nana Akufo-Addo
10. Gambia – President Adama Barrow
11. Gabon – President Ali Bongo Ondimba
12. Kenya – President Uhuru Kenyatta
13. Mozambique – Filipe Nyusi
14. Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic – President Mohamed Abdelaziz
15. Senegal – President Macky Sall
16. South Africa – President Cyril Ramaphosa
17. Sudan – President Omar al-Bashir
18. Mauritania – President Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz
19.Zimbabwe – President Emmerson Mnangagwa
20. Ivory Coast – Vice President Daniel Kablan Duncan
21.Seychelles –Vincent Meriton – Vice President
22. Algeria –Ahmed Ouyahia – Prime Minister
23.Equatorial Guinea – Francisco Pascual Obama Asue – Prime Minister
24.Lesotho – Tom Thabane – Prime Minister
25. Morocco – Saadeddine Othmani – Prime Minister

26. Swaziland – Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini, Prime Minister
27. Tanzania – Kassim Majaliwa, Prime Minister
28.Tunisia – Youssef Chahed, Prime Minister
29.Benin – Aurélien Agbenonci, Minister for Foreign Affairs
30. Burkina Faso – Alpha Barry, Minister for Foreign Affairs

31. Democratic Republic of Congo – Leonard Okitundu, Minister for Foreign Affairs
32. Guinea – Mamadi Toure, Foreign Affairs Minister
33. Liberia – Gbehzohngar Findley, Foreign Affairs Minister
34.Mali – Minister for Foreign Affairs
35. Somalia – Minister for Foreign Affairs

36. South Sudan – Minister for Foreign Affairs
37. Uganda – Sam Kutesa, Minister for Foreign Affairs
38. Sao Tome and Principe – Cabinet Minister
39. Togo – Minister for Cooperation and Integration
40. Malawi – Emmanuel Fabiano, Foreign Affairs Minister

41. Cameroon – Finance Minister
42.Cape Verde –Tourism, Industry and Energy Minister
43. Libya – Mohamed Taha Siala, Minister of Foreign Affairs
44. Madagascar – Henry Rabary Njaka, Minister of Foreign Affairs
45. Zambia* – Joe Malanji, Minister of Foreign Affairs
46. Egypt – Tarek Kabil, Trade & Industry Minister
47. Mauritius – Vishnu Lutchmeenaraidoo, Foreign Affairs Minister
48. Ethiopia – Bekele Bulado, Trade Trade
49. Namibia – Minister of Industrialization
50. Botswana – Minister for Trade

Final tally:
1. #AfCFTA : 44 countries
2. Kigali Declaration: 43 countries
3. Protocol on Free Movement of People: 27 countries

Kigali, Rwanda | THE INDEPENDENT | African Union Chairperson President Paul Kagame is now chairing the opening ceremony of the 10th Extraordinary Summit of the African Union.

Some 27 heads of state are in Kigali where African leaders will formally launch the African Continental Free Trade Area Treaty (AfCFTA ) on Wednesday.

African leaders are set to adopt an agreement to create the largest trade area since the World Trade Organisation. The AfCFTA will create a unified market of 1.2 billion and gross domestic product of over 2.5 trillion dollars.

AfCFTA is an expression of the unity of Africa 55 countries to move the continent forward by creating an area for tariff-free trade across the continent.

The three Instruments to be signed are:

• The establishment of the African Continental Free Trade Area
• The Protocol relating to free movement of persons
• The Kigali Declaration for the launch of the African Continental Free Trade Area

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