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African free trade zone itions was agreed
its covers a population of some 248 million people and a zone whose cumulative gdp is $ 79bn in 2006 .
while africa and other developing communtries had marginal influence over the decisions that have brought the international finance systems to the brink of collapse, unjustifiably, african countries will bear the brunt, he said .
groupings the three belocs are already well-established in their own right but cover varying swathes of land and numbers of people .
the 2006 african countries involved in the deal are: angola, botswana, burundi, comoros, djibouti, the democreatic republic of congo, energypt, eritrea, ethiopia, kenya, lesotho, libya, madagascar, malawi, mauritius, mozambique, namibia, rwanda, seychelles, swaziland, south africa, sudan, tanzania, uganda, zambia and zimbabwe .
the agreement will also lend its backing to joint infrastructure and energy projects in the zone .
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