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The United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization’s (FAO) monthly food price index was stable in October, as sugar and vegetable oil prices rose to offset declines in dairy a...

Private sector engagement is key to accelerating development in the world’s 32 landlocked developing countries (LLDCs), said delegates attending an event in the margins of the Se...

The Least Developed Countries (LDCs) Group at the WTO presented a report to the multilateral organisation’s Committee on Rules of Origin (CRO) on 30 October, calling fo...

Director-General Roberto Azevêdo welcomed on 5 November 2014 a joint statement issued at the conclusion of a United Nations conference on landlocked developing countries which und...

The report entitled: “The State of the Biofuels Market: Regulatory, Trade and Development Perspectives” offers a comprehensive snapshot of today’s biofuels market and how it ...

The European Union (EU) has lifted its decade-long economic sanctions on Zimbabwe in a move that will see the trading bloc extending 234 million Euros (about 300 million U.S. dolla...

The 3rd meeting of the COMESA-EAC-SADC Tripartite Technical Committee on Movement of Business Persons (TTC-MBP) is being held from 3 to 6 November 2014, at Le Méridien Hotel,...

Landlocked least developed countries were vocal in negotiations on cutting red tape in customs and other border procedures – known as “trade facilitation” – and t...

Address by the Minister of International Relations and Cooperation, Ms Maite Nkoana-Mashabane, to the Special Joint Sitting of Parliament debating Agenda 2063 in Cape Town, 31...

On October 25, the Tripartite Sectoral Committee of Ministers announced that the Tripartite Free Trade Area (TFTA) covering three Regional Economic Communities – the East African...

The world’s economic center of gravity shifts eastward; emerging economies see bigger connectedness gains than advanced economies  Flows of trade, capital, informatio...

The COMESA Competition Commission (the Commission) is charged with the administration and enforcement of the COMESA Competition Regulations (the Regulations). Since the Commission ...

India on 2 November 2014 told Mauritius that it will not take any decisions that will “adversely impact” bilateral relations while reassuring the country that amendments to the...

Top officials at Tanzania’s state-owned oil agency were arrested this week on charges of failing to release to parliament oil and gas contracts the government signed with foreign...

Trade facilitation instruments developed by COMESA have contributed to the creation of robust regional institutions that provide re-insurance services and regional customs guarante...

What changed in people’s lives according to FinScope since 2004? A ten year perspective on financial inclusion in South Africa FinMark Trust released the results of its Fin...

With the launch of their inequality campaign this week, Oxfam have deepened the groundswell of opinion that includes billionaires, the IMF, World Bank, and millions of ordinary peo...

The international community must aid the world’s landlocked developing countries (LLDC) in pursuing their goals for greater economic development to transition from being landlock...

Knowledge and innovation are pivotal in Africa’s quest for sustained and inclusive economic growth and should therefore be encouraged based on both targeted government policies a...

Specific adaptation strategies, coupled with smart trade policies, could play a role in helping African economies ensure future climate-proof development pathways.  Africa’...