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In this Issue:
- Madagascar Launches 50 Million African Women Speak Platform
- Regional Research Forum to Unveil Interface Between Intra-COMESA Trade and the Continental FTA
- Notable Rise in Trade Barriers as Countries Responded to Covid-19
- 4. COMESA Regional Economy Poised to Shrink by 0.6% in 2020
- 5. COVID 19 has Triggered Growth in Zambia’s Leather Industry