AfricaUnion<p>Draft continental <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/strategy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>strategy</span></a> on free movement developed </p><p>Free Movement of Persons is an integral part of the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/African" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>African</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/integration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>integration</span></a> and along with the African <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Passport" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Passport</span></a> is one of the flagship projects of <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Agenda" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Agenda</span></a> #2063.</p><p>Pursuant to this goal of integration, in January 2018 the Protocol to the Treaty establishing the African <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Economic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Economic</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Community" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Community</span></a> relating to free movement of persons, right of residence and right of establishment was adopted by the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/AU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AU</span></a> Assembly. This was followed in March 2018 with the Agreement Establishing the African Free <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trade</span></a> Area, the Protocol on Trade in <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Goods" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Goods</span></a>, the Protocol on <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Trade" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trade</span></a> in <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Services" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Services</span></a> and the Protocol on Rules and <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Procedures" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Procedures</span></a> on the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Settlement" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Settlement</span></a> of <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Disputes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Disputes</span></a>.</p><p>As a follow up to this, the <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/AfricanUnion" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>AfricanUnion</span></a> (AU) and the Regional Economic Communities ( <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/RECs" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RECs</span></a> ) have developed a draft joint continental strategy to accelerate the Right of Entry for the Protocol to the treaty establishing the African Economic Communities relating to the Free Movement of Persons, Right of Residence and Right of Establishment. The strategy aims to ensure that RECs and Member States popularise and promote the adopted African Passport as one of the key <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/mechanisms" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mechanisms</span></a> through which free movement of persons will be realised. </p><p>English <a href="https://au.int/en/articles/draft-continental-strategy-free-movement-developed" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">au.int/en/articles/draft-conti</span><span class="invisible">nental-strategy-free-movement-developed</span></a> <br>French <a href="https://au-int.translate.goog/en/articles/draft-continental-strategy-free-movement-developed?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=fr&_x_tr_hl=fr" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">au-int.translate.goog/en/artic</span><span class="invisible">les/draft-continental-strategy-free-movement-developed?_x_tr_sl=auto&_x_tr_tl=fr&_x_tr_hl=fr</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/Afrika" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Afrika</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/afrique" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>afrique</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/africa" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>africa</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.africa/tags/%D8%A7%D9%81%D8%B1%D9%8A%D9%82%D9%8A%D8%A7" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>افريقيا</span></a></p>