African leaders set to sign landmark trade deal at AU Summit

The trade deal to be signed at the African Union Summit in Niger took years to negotiate.

African leaders will meet Sunday in Niger for the African Union (AU summit, to sign a landmark free trade agreement, and to discuss looming security and migration crises on the continent.

In a "historic" moment for the 55-member bloc, according to its chairman Moussa Faki, heads of state will officially launch the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) at the two-day summit in Niamey, the Nigerien capital.