The African Union (AU) and the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) announce the arrival in Malawi of the election observation mission (AU-COMESA EOM) to the 16 September 2025 General Elections in the Republic of Malawi. This Mission is at the invitation of the Government of Malawi and the Malawi Electoral Commission.…
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The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) in collaboration with the African Union (AU) has deployed a short-term election observation mission to the 2025 General Elections in Malawi. The joint Election Observation team set base on the ground from 7 September 2025 and will be led by H.E. Hailemariam Dessalegn former Prime Minister…
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Lilongwe, Malawi, Thursday 28 August 2025: The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), in partnership with the African Union (AU) and the Malawi Peace and Unity Commission have launched a Pre-Election Initiative in Malawi aimed at fostering dialogue, consensus-building and preventive diplomacy to ensure peaceful and credible elections ahead of the September 16…
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Lusaka, Zambia August 25, 2025 — In response to the upcoming 2025 General Elections in Malawi, the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), in partnership with the African Union (AU), will launch a Pre-election Initiative in Lilongwe on Thursday 28 August 2025 aimed at fostering dialogue, consensus-building and preventive diplomacy to ensure…
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The Zambian government through the Ministry of Finance and National Planning and the Ministry of Green Economy and Environment, in collaboration with the COMESA Climate Change Unit, convened a four-day Roundtable Discussion on Climate Change Budget Tracking and Coding in Lusaka. The meeting held 19 – 22 August 2025 brought together senior government officials, technical…
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Lusaka, Zambia 25 August 2025 – COMESA Secretariat working with partners is proud to announce the hosting of the 3rd International Relations Society of Kenya (IRSK) Annual Conference to be held from 1- 3 October 2025 in Nairobi, Kenya offering a timely and interdisciplinary space for dialogue, knowledge exchange and strategic foresight Jointly hosted with…
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The Zambia-Tanzania-Kenya (ZTK) Power Interconnector Project has officially been relaunched in Lusaka by the three participating governments, with strong backing from the World Bank, the European Union and the United Kingdom. Aimed at linking the East African Power Pool (EAPP) with the Southern African Power Pool (SAPP), the ZTK project will create one of Africa’s…
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Noting the need to facilitate and enhance small-scale cross-border trade, the Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) signed an Interministerial Decree on 10 March 2025 to enable the implementation of the COMESA Simplified Trade Regime (STR) on its borders with neighbouring COMESA countries. The DRC shares borders with four COMESA countries Burundi, Rwanda,…
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Members of the Programme Steering Committee for the European Union funded Institutional Capacity Building Programme (ICBP) at COMESA Secretariat and EU Delegation in Zambia met in Lusaka to review progress in implementation of the Programme. Funded under the 11th European Development Fund, the initiative continues to be a cornerstone in COMESA’s efforts to strengthen institutional…
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Malawi is scheduled to hold general elections on 16 September 2025 to elect a President, Members to the National Assembly and representatives Ward Councils to serve for a five-year period. The 2025 elections come after the previous elections in 2019 that were initially nullified by the Supreme Court. The Court besides the nullification of elections…
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