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The African Continental Free Trade Area agreement creates the world’s largest free trade area by number of countries
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There are about 30 African countries where tontines are used, and 14 in Asia. In South Africa, it is known as a stokvel
The World Bank estimated that in 2011, at the height of attacks, the pirates cost the world economy US$18 billion