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Economic Communities and Trade Blocs of Africa

Regional groupings of African states that coordinate trade, customs, markets and sometimes money. An organization belongs here when its cited article describes a regional economic community or union of African countries. The group brings together the entries filed under the heading Economic Communities and Trade Blocs of Africa, so a reader can compare them and move from one to another within the same part of the economic field.

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ECOWAS (Wikipedia)
Has Member: Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), Lead paragraph
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is a regional political and economic union of twelve countries of West Africa.
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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Wikipedia
Has Member: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Lead
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The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini.
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Southern African Development Community, Wikipedia
Has Member: Southern African Development Community, Lead
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The Southern African Development Community (SADC) is an inter-governmental organization headquartered in Gaborone, Botswana.
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Wikipedia: Economic Community of Central African States
Has Member: Economic Community of Central African States, Lead
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The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS; French: Communauté Économique des États de l'Afrique Centrale, CEEAC; Spanish: Comunidad Económica de los Estados de África Central, CEEAC; Portuguese: Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Central, CEEAC) is an Economic Community of the African Union that promotes regional economic co-operation in Central Africa.
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Wikipedia: African and Malagasy Union
Has Member: African and Malagasy Union, Lead
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The African and Malagasy Union (AMU) (French: Union Africaine et Malgache (UAM)) was an intergovernmental organization created to promote cooperation among newly independent states in Francophone Africa.
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