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Nouvelle pression pour que les États ratifient l’Accord de la ZLE tripartite à l’approche de la date limite

Le délai fixé par le Conseil des ministres tripartite et imposé aux États membres des trois blocs économiques régionaux pour qu’ils signent et ratifient j’Accord de la Zone de libre-échange tripartite prend fin ce mois-ci. Jusqu’à présent, seuls quatre pays du bloc tripartite formé par le COMESA, la Communauté est-africaine (EAC) et la Communauté de…
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Fresh Push for States to Ratify the Tripartite FTA as Deadline Draws Near

Lusaka, Wednesday April 3, 2019: The deadline set by the Tripartite Council of Ministers for member States of three regional economic blocs to sign and ratify the tripartite free trade area lapses this month. So far only four countries in COMESA,  East Africa Community and Southern Africa Development Community tripartite bloc have signed and ratified the agreement. These…
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7th Extraordinary Intergovernmental Committee meeting Opening ceremony (Video)

The deadline set by the Tripartite Council of Ministers for member States of the three regional economic blocs to sign and ratify the tripartite free trade area lapses this month. So far only four countries Kenya, Egypt, South Africa and Uganda have signed and ratified the TFT agreement. A total of 22 out of 26…
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COMESA Ministers to Convene in Zambia this Week for an Extra- Ordinary Sitting

Lusaka, Monday, April 1, 2019:COMESA will convene an extra ordinary meeting of the Council of Ministers  Friday this week in Lusaka, Zambia, to deal with pressing administrative and finance matters. This will be the seventh extra ordinary meeting of the Council. It will be preceded by the Intergovernmental Committee meeting, on 3 – 4 April…
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COMESA Gazette Vol 10 No. 2 (December 2004)

COMESA Gazette Vol 10 No. 2 (December 2004)

Close ties between regional and national courts critical to fortify regional integration

There is need for Courts of Justice of the various Regional Economic Communities to have regular interactions with national courts and tribunals to come up with ways in which they can harmonise interpretation of treaties from within their regions. This is informed not only by the overlapping membership of states to the Regional Economic Communities…
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COMESA to house SDG’s Sub-regional office

Lusaka, Thursday, March 28, 2019: The COMESA Secretariat has offered to host the Sustainable Development Goals Center for Africa (SDGC/A) offices in Zambia. This was disclosed during a courtesy call on COMESA Secretary General Chileshe Mpundu Kapwepwe, by the Director General of the SDGs regional office for Southern Africa, Dr. Belay Begashaw. The SDGC for…
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e-COMESA Newsletter Issue No. 578

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COMESA Gazette Vol. 6 No. 8 (December 2001)

COMESA Gazette Vol. 6 No. 8 (December 2001)

50million Women Project conducts training for platform users as launch draws near (Video)

The 50 Million African Women Speak (50MAWS) digital platform moved closer to becoming a reality after the kickoff of a two-week training workshop in Lusaka, Zambia Monday, 25th March 2019. The training will equip users with the required skills to manage the platform setting the stage for its official launch later this year. The 25th…
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