As the region grapples with the Coronavirus pandemic, whose net effect is stunted growth, loss of jobs and incomes, high disease burden and increased levels of poverty, the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Task Force (TTF) has expressed its solidarity with its 28 Member/Partner States. In a statement signed by the immediate past Chair of the TTF, who…
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This publication comprises a listing of measures that COMESA Member States have put in place to contain the spread of the Corona virus. They cover trade facilitation and support to businesses, protection of the vulnerable from the impact of the spread of the virus and other relevant measures. It also includes the support received from…
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Lusaka, Friday, April 24, 2020: Is Mauritius about to flatten its curve? Data indicates that while the numbers of daily new cases have reduced to less than 10, in the island State, the recoveries have increased significantly. Meanwhile, COMESA region makes up 29.75% of all reported cases in Africa. COVID-19 in COMESA Situational Update 10
Lusaka, April 22, 2020:COMESA has handed over the stewardship of the Tripartite group of regional economic communities (RECs) to the Southern Africa Development Community with effect from 22 April 2020. The Tripartite brings together three RECs, including the East African Community into a cooperative framework on the implementation of the Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement…
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Heads of the three regional economic communities, COMESA, EAC and SADC have issued a joint statement of solidarity with their Member/Partner States in the face of the Coronavirus pandemic. In the statement issued during the 31st meeting of the Tripartite Task Force conducted through video conferencing, Tuesday, April 21, 2020, the three re-affirmed solidarity with…
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The continuous spread of the Coronavirus in the region is expected to negatively affect the rating of Member States on the COMESA Peace and Prosperity Index (CPPI), experts at the COMESA Governance, Peace and Security (GPS) Unit have revealed. Indications are that the current spread of the COVID-19 in the region is happening in an…
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Since the last situational update on 17 April 2020, the number of active COVID-19 cases in the region increased by 16.68% to 5,009 cases. Djibouti and Somalia recorded relatively high numbers of new cases within a short span. COVID 19 in COMESA Situational Update #9
The 32nd Meeting of the COMESA Council of Bureau of Ministers took place on 15 April 2020. The virtual meeting was chaired by the Minister of Industry, Commerce and Handcraft of Madagascar Madame Lantosoa Rakotomalala Chairperson of the COMESA Council of Ministers. Key issues on the agenda included the COMESA’s response to the COVID –…
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This publication comprises a listing of the measures that COMESA Member States have put in place to contain the spread of the Corona virus. They cover trade facilitation and support to businesses, protection of the vulnerable from the impact of the spread of the virus other relevant measures. COVID-19 Response Measures in Member States
Lusaka, April 18, 2020: Following the successful development and global launch of the 50 Million African Women Speak Platform (50MAWSP) in November 2019, everything was looking up for this first-of its-kind intervention to empower women in the COMESA region and the wider African continent. National launches were supposed to follow. Statewide marketing campaigns had been…
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