Despite the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) is one of the Regional Economic Communities (REC) in Africa that has made the less progress in establishing a Free Trade Area (FTA) as provided for article 6 of the Treaty of Abuja on the establishment of the African Economic Community (to date, such an FTA has not yet established among the IGAD eight member States), a notable achievement of this Community is the conclusion of the Protocol on Free Movement of Persons. According to its Article 38, the Protocol enters into force sixty days after a deposit of the fourth instrument of ratification or accession with the Executive Secretary of IGAD. So far, no country has ratified the Protocol, a process that could take time (the IGAD communique wrongly announces the ratification of the Protocol by Uganda).