African Leaders Agree On Import Tax to Fund AU Diplomatic Plan

African leaders have agreed to impose tax on all imported products to finance African Union (AU) programmes and push the continent's diplomatic agenda.

The new system, which is set to commence next year, aims at enabling AU to make its own decisions without donor countries' conditions or intervention to African internal matters.

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