The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) is a regional economic community of twenty-one African member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini, with its founding agreement signed on November 5, 1993 and ratified on December 8, 1994; it is headquartered in Lusaka, Zambia. It replaced a Preferential Trade Area established in 1981 and serves as one of the pillars of the African Economic Community, covering roughly 12 million square kilometers and a population of more than 640 million with a combined GDP of about 1.0 trillion dollars at purchasing power parity. Its official languages are Arabic, English, French and Portuguese, and it is led by a chairman and a secretary-general.
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1. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, Wikipedia
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8 December 1994
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COMESA was formed in December 1994, replacing a Preferential Trade Area which had existed since 1981.
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Lusaka, Zambia
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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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