SIX more countries have shown interest in ratifying the Tripartite free trade area agreement, or TFTA - a COMESA-EAC-SADC initiative that seeks to foster free trade among countries in the three economic blocs. According to Christopher Onyango, Director of Trade and Customs at the COMESA Secretariat, the six countries - Tanzania, the Democratic Republic of Congo, South Sudan, Malawi, Lesotho and Comoros - have advanced their internal negotiations and could soon sign the agreement. Onyango was speaking during a meeting of senior officials of the Tripartite initiative, in Nairobi. “We are engaging and strategically approaching all the remaining member states…