<story><title>African leaders launch landmark 55-nation trade zone</title><url>https://m.dw.com/en/african-leaders-launch-landmark-55-nation-trade-zone/a-49503393</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dmix</author><text>&amp;gt; The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is a trade agreement which is in force between 24 African Union member states,[1][8][9][10] with the goal of creating a single market followed by free movement and a single-currency union.&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia says they are also looking to create an Africa currency.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;African_Continental_Free_Trade_Agreement?wprov=sfti1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;African_Continental_Free_Tra...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It seems the news today is Nigeria (the biggest African country) signing it</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>wsc981</author><text>Ghadaffi wanted to create an African currency as well [0]. I wonder if the African countries will now succeed. I feel it will definitely be in their interest as it seems currently France has control over African monetary policy [1] which (I feel) could still be considered some form of colonialism.&lt;p&gt;---&lt;p&gt;[0]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@evantaxi&amp;#x2F;6-years-ago-today-the-us-helped-murder-gaddafi-to-stop-the-creation-of-gold-backed-currency-275c2c57509c&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;medium.com&amp;#x2F;@evantaxi&amp;#x2F;6-years-ago-today-the-us-helped...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;[1]: &lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theeastafrican.co.ke&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;africa&amp;#x2F;CFA-franc-France-Africa-controversy&amp;#x2F;4552902-4950882-r08s4t&amp;#x2F;index.html&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;www.theeastafrican.co.ke&amp;#x2F;news&amp;#x2F;africa&amp;#x2F;CFA-franc-Franc...&lt;/a&gt;</text></comment>
<story><title>African leaders launch landmark 55-nation trade zone</title><url>https://m.dw.com/en/african-leaders-launch-landmark-55-nation-trade-zone/a-49503393</url></story><parent_chain><item><author>dmix</author><text>&amp;gt; The African Continental Free Trade Agreement (AfCFTA) is a trade agreement which is in force between 24 African Union member states,[1][8][9][10] with the goal of creating a single market followed by free movement and a single-currency union.&lt;p&gt;Wikipedia says they are also looking to create an Africa currency.&lt;p&gt;&lt;a href=&quot;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;African_Continental_Free_Trade_Agreement?wprov=sfti1&quot; rel=&quot;nofollow&quot;&gt;https:&amp;#x2F;&amp;#x2F;en.m.wikipedia.org&amp;#x2F;wiki&amp;#x2F;African_Continental_Free_Tra...&lt;/a&gt;&lt;p&gt;It seems the news today is Nigeria (the biggest African country) signing it</text></item></parent_chain><comment><author>judge2020</author><text>With the threat of a US company like Facebook coming in and taking over their economy, I can see why.</text></comment>