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Left to right: Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente representing Rwanda’s President Paul Kagame; Tanzanian President Suluhu Samia, Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye, and EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki, at the 23rd Ordinary Summit of the EAC Heads of State which took place on November 24, 2023, in Arusha, Tanzania. (Courtesy).
Africa

EAC Heads of State adopt bloc’s sustainable financing, urge sanctions against defaulting partner states

Saturday, November 25, 2023
EALA MPs during a plenary session on November 8, 2023, in Arusha, Tanzania, the headquarters of the EAC. The assembly is in Kigali in line with the rotational sittings principle in the EAC Partner States’ capitals to bring the community closer to the people. Courtesy photo
Africa

EALA: What are the bills, motions regional lawmakers plan to discuss in Kigali?

Friday, November 24, 2023
Delegates during the EAC High-Level Forum on Climate Change & Food Security in Arusha Tanzania on Thursday, November 23.
Agriculture

EAC Heads of State Summit: Climate change, food security top agenda

Friday, November 24, 2023
Members of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) – legislative arm of the East African Community (EAC) – are convening in Kigali to deliberate on regional affairs. Courtesy
Africa

EAC lawmakers convene in Kigali to discuss regional matters

Thursday, November 23, 2023
Dr. Odette Nyiramilimo
Health

Nyiramilimo retraces steps in push for EAC reproductive health bill

Thursday, November 23, 2023
(L-R) EAC Principal Health Officer, Dr. Eric Nzeyimana, EALA MPs Fatuma Ndangiza and Ayason Mukulia Kennedy, and HELINA President-Elect Steven Wanyee Macharia address journalists in Kigali on November 19. Photo by Emmanuel Ntirenganya
Health

EAC health data governance framework expected in 2024

Sunday, November 19, 2023
Participants in the first East African Community (EAC) Annual Inter-parliamentary Forum on Sexual Reproductive Health (SRH), or Reproductive, Maternal, Newborn, Child and Adolescent Health (RMNCAH) pose for a group photo in Kigali, November 18, 2023. PHOTOS BY EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Health

Why EAC needs to harmonise health data governance

Saturday, November 18, 2023
Delegates during the two-day meeting that seeks to deliberate on EAC Regional and Continental Health Data Governance initiatives and Digital Health agenda, and how to leverage digital data for universal healthcare. EMMANUEL NTIRENGANYA
Health

Kigali hosts first regional inter-parliamentary forum on digital health, data governance

Saturday, November 18, 2023
Prof. Pierre Rwanyindo Ruzirabwoba,
Rwanda

Homage to Prof. Pierre Rwanyindo Ruzirabwoba

Saturday, November 11, 2023
Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Kenya, Martin Ngoga and the President of Kenya, William Samoei Ruto during the presentation of his letters of credence on Friday, September 1,.
Africa

Rwanda’s High Commissioner to Kenya presents credentials

Friday, September 01, 2023
The East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) has rejected a $5 million budget for translation and interpretation services in the East African Community budget for 2023-2024. Courtesy
Africa

EALA objects to $5m budget for translation services

Sunday, August 20, 2023
MP Françoise Uwumukiza moves the motion related to enhancing participation of women, youth and persons with disabilities in business and supporting them tap into AfCFTA opportunities, during an EALA session that passed it, on June 22, 2023, in Arusha, Tanzania (courtesy).
Law

EAC: Rwandan lawmaker moves AfCFTA women, youth motion

Monday, June 26, 2023