African leaders launch landmark 55-nation trade zone

I am all for this. The free trade zone has worked very well for North America and Europe and is sure to work for Africa. We need to be more united from an economic stand point if we are to make serious headway in world economics and a free trade agreement will get us there pretty fast but there are still blocks on the way, however, the measures taken so far that sees virtually all African countries agree on this is a powerful indication of unity needed to move forward.