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.
View the Source2. Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA): COMESA Members States
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)Members table
Republic of Burundi Bujumbura +257
Member States list, Burundi
Republic of Burundi Bujumbura +257
Member States list, Comoros
Union of the Comoros Moroni +269
Member States list, Democratic Republic of the Congo
Democratic Republic of the Congo Kinshasa +243
Member States list, Djibouti
Republic of Djibouti Djibouti +253
Member States list, Egypt
Arab Republic of Egypt Cairo +20
Member States list, Eswatini
Kingdom of Eswatini Lobamba(royal and legislative)
Member States list, Eritrea
State of Eritrea Asmara +291
Member States list, Ethiopia
Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia Addis Ababa +251
Member States list, Kenya
Republic of Kenya Nairobi +254
Member States list, Libya
Libya Tripoli +218
Member States list, Madagascar
Republic of Madagascar Antananarivo +261
Member States list, Malawi
Republic of Malawi Lilongwe +265
Member States list, Mauritius
Republic of Mauritius Port Louis +230
Member States list, Rwanda
Republic of Rwanda Kigali +250
Member States list, Seychelles
Republic of Seychelles Victoria +248
Member States list, Somalia
Federal Rrepublic of Somalia Mogadishu
Member States list, Sudan
Republic of The Sudan Khartoum +249
Member States list, Tunisia
Republic of Tunisia Tunis +216
Member States list, Uganda
Republic of Uganda Kampala +256
Member States list, Zambia
Republic of Zambia Lusaka +260
Member States list, Zimbabwe
Republic of Zimbabwe Harare +263
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