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RDF description of Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa - http://aims.fao.org/aos/geopolitical.owl#COMESA
type: Document
rights: COMESA/termsOfUse
date: 2026-08-25T11:52:26
publisher: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
type: Thing
name list ES: Mercado Común para África Oriental y Meridional
valid until: 9999
has member: Seychelles
is successor of: Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States
code FAOTERM: 50604
name list EN: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
has member: Eritrea
has member: Djibouti
name official ES: Mercado Común para África Oriental y Meridional
source: COMEDA http://www.comesa.int/
has member: Rwanda
has member: Kenya
has member: Mauritius
source modified: 2010-08-31
has member: Uganda
has member: Egypt
has member: Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
has member: Madagascar
name short FR: COMESA
has member: Comoros
name list FR: Marché commun de l'Afrique orientale et australe
name short ES: COMESA
name official EN: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
has member: Sudan
has member: Malawi
source creator: COMEDA
most specific type: Economic Region
valid since: 2004
name short EN: COMESA
has member: Democratic Republic of the Congo
type: Group
type: Area
source identifier: http://www.comesa.int/
name official ZH: 东部及南部非洲共同市场
name official RU: Общий рынок Восточной и Южной Африки
name official AR: السوق المشتركة لدول شرقى وجنوبى أفريقيا
is successor of: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
has member: Ethiopia
has member: Swaziland
name official FR: Marché commun de l'Afrique orientale et australe
type: Economic Region
has member: Zimbabwe
has member: Zambia
has member: Burundi

Seychelles
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is in group: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
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Preferential Trade Area for Eastern and Southern African States
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type: Area
type: Economic Region
type: Thing
is predecessor of: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Eritrea
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is in group: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
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type: Location
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Djibouti
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is in group: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
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type: Country
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type: Thing
type: Area
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Rwanda
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Kenya
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type: self governing
is in group: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
type: Country
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type: territory
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type: Thing
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Mauritius
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is in group: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
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type: Thing
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type: Area

Uganda
type: self governing
type: territory
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type: GeopoliticalEntity
type: Thing
type: Area
type: Country
is in group: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
type: BFO_0000004
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type: BFO_0000002
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type: Location
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Egypt
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is in group: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
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Libyan Arab Jamahiriya
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is in group: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
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Madagascar
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is in group: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
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type: GeopoliticalEntity
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Comoros
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Sudan
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is in group: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
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Malawi
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Democratic Republic of the Congo
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type: self governing
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is in group: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
type: Group
type: Area
type: Economic Region
type: Thing
is predecessor of: Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa

Ethiopia
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Swaziland
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Zimbabwe
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Zambia
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Burundi
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