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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

An organization of states that intends to promote the development of the resources of its members, COMESA forms a major trading block of 20 nations: Angola, Burundi, Comoros, D.R. Congo, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Namibia, Rwanda, Seychelles, Sudan, Swaziland, Uganda, Zambia and Zimbabwe.