Afrika Nå: United States of Africa?
Afrika Nå31 Touko 2019

Afrika Nå: United States of Africa?

On April 2nd 2019 The Gambia ratified the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, reaching the threshold of 22 countries needed to put the agreement into force. This agreement is a step towards the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), which will be the largest free-trade area in the world. Is this heading towards Kwame Nkrumah's dream of a United States of Africa or is it a neoliberal project destined to fail? The AfCFTA will cover a market of 1.2 billion people and a combined gross domestic product (GDP) of USD 2.5 trillion. The United Nations Economic Commission for Africa estimates that the agreement will boost intra-African trade by 52 percent by 2022. What are the pros and cons of such an agreement? Who benefits - and who is left out? What are the regional and global implications?

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Afrika Nå: Beginning of an African spring? Student activism under pressure

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Afrika Nå: Krigen som aldri tar slutt - hva skjer i DR Kongo og hva er konsekvensene?

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Afrika Nå: 30 years since Apartheid - did the rainbow nation deliver on its promises?

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Afrika Nå: Unpacking Climate Equity - the case of land conservation and carbon credits

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Afrika Nå: The struggle for democracy - has the world forgotten about Eswatini?

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Divestment or Phase Out: Activists Respond to Oil Selloffs in Africa

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Afrika Nå - Human Rights Violations Against East African Migrant Workers in the Gulf States

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