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African free trade bloc opens for business, but challenges remain

A worker walks by containers at the main port in the Kenyan coastal city of Mombasa. [File, Marko Djurica, Reuters]

African countries began officially trading under a new continent-wide free trade area on Friday, after months of delays caused by the global coronavirus pandemic.
 

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