{"id":1475,"date":"2026-02-11T13:38:00","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:38:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/?p=1475"},"modified":"2026-02-11T13:38:02","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T13:38:02","slug":"gedion-urges-fast-track-implementation-of-afcfta-calling-economic-integration-key-to-africas-transformation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/gedion-urges-fast-track-implementation-of-afcfta-calling-economic-integration-key-to-africas-transformation\/","title":{"rendered":"Gedion Urges Fast-Track Implementation of AfCFTA, Calling Economic Integration Key to Africa\u2019s Transformation"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>AMN Plus-February 11\/ 2026<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Ethiopia\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gedion Timothewos (PhD), has called for intensified efforts to accelerate Africa\u2019s economic freedom, stressing that it must remain the African Union\u2019s foremost priority.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Addressing the 48th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council, currently underway in Addis Ababa, the Minister emphasized that achieving meaningful economic freedom requires sustained peace and deeper political cooperation among member states.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Reaffirming Ethiopia\u2019s steadfast commitment to continental integration, Gedion called for expedited implementation of the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), stressing that economic integration is central to Africa\u2019s transformation.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gedion further highlighted Ethiopia\u2019s growing engagement with neighboring countries in the energy and infrastructure sectors, noting that such cooperation holds immense potential to accelerate Africa\u2019s overall economic growth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>By Leta Teresa<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AMN Plus-February 11\/ 2026 Ethiopia\u2019s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Gedion Timothewos (PhD), has called for intensified efforts to accelerate Africa\u2019s economic freedom, stressing that it must remain the African Union\u2019s foremost priority. Addressing the 48th Ordinary Session of the African Union Executive Council, currently underway in Addis Ababa, the Minister emphasized that achieving meaningful economic [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1476,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"cybocfi_hide_featured_image":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1475","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-africa","entry","has-media"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1475"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":1477,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1475\/revisions\/1477"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/1476"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1475"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1475"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.amn.gov.et\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1475"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}