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A selection of the most important news related to Africa, Asia, and Europe found in different media outlets from around the world

July 19, 2019
African leaders launched a continental free-trade zone on Sunday that if successful would unite 1.3 billion people, create a $3.4 trillion economic bloc and usher in […]
Reuters,
July 18, 2019
The economic play with the AfCFTA INTRA-is simple: African countries  look inward and make it easier to trade with each other by removing current barriers to […]
QuartzAfrica,
July 15, 2019
This report is part of the project of Alianza por la Solidaridad and Oriol Puig entitled “The Sahara, a desert in movement: beyond the Southern Border […]
Euractiv,
April 23, 2019
It is now official: Africa’s free trade agreement has drawn enough signatures to go into operation. On Tuesday (Apr. 2), The Gambia’s parliament was the 22nd […]
QuartzAfrica,
April 17, 2019
While the U.S. and China are trying to outdo each other with import tariffs and the U.K. wants to break away from the European Union, African […]
Bloomberg,
December 24, 2018
China’s growing cloud in Africa is also of concern in Europe. The EU may still outpace Beijing in terms of trade with the continent – some […]
Independent Ireland,
December 3, 2018
The forum, which was initiated by African Development Bank (AfDB) President Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, emphasized unequivocally the importance of investment, foreign and domestic, to economic development […]
Brookings,