Tapping regional trade pact will drive out economic storm, UN agency tells Kenya

UNECA Acting Executive Secretary Antonio Pedro. [Courtesy, UNECA]

The full implementation of Africa's free trade area will help regional countries including Kenya drive out the current global economic turmoil arising from the Russia-Ukraine crisis, the UN Economic Commission for Africa (Uneca) says.

Economic falling-out from the crisis which has disrupted global supply lines in Kenya and other African states is driving food and energy prices higher and putting the most vulnerable people in the continent at risk of hunger, the UN agency warns.