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East African Community is established
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The SADC was first established as the Southern African Development Coordination Conference in order to reduce independence on apartheid South Africa. It included the nine Southern African countries of Angola, Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique, Swazila
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The Southern African Development Coordination Conference was reincarnated as the Southern African Development Community
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Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa is established and replaces the Preferential Trade Area
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SADC, COMESA, and EAC announced the Africa Free Trade Zone