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Through COMESA, 21 African countries can easily trade among themselves free of customs duties.

East Africa's trade bridge: COMESA

Friday, December 22, 2023
Somalia’s President Sheikh Hassan Mohamud (left), the Chairperson of the EAC Summit, President Salva Kiir of South Sudan (centre), Ugandan President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, and EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki, look at the new map of the regional bloc after Somalia inched closer to joining the seven-member Community by signing the Treaty of Accession with the EAC at State House, Entebbe, Uganda on Friday, December 15.
Africa

Somalia signs Treaty of Accession with EAC

Friday, December 15, 2023
Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente addresses a special sitting of the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA) in Kigali, on November 29. Photos by Christianne Murengerantwari
Rwanda

PM Ngirente commends intra-EAC trade growth

Wednesday, November 29, 2023
EALA Speaker Joseph Ntakirutimana (L) and MP Fatuma Ndangiza address a press conference on the regional parliament's meeting in Rwanda, on November 27, 2023 (Courtesy)
Africa

EALA to hold EAC Partner States accountable for poor contribution remittance

Monday, November 27, 2023
One of over 6,000 houses damaged by disasters in Rubavu District in Rwanda in May, 2023. The disasters also claimed 135 lives, livestock, and many hectares of plantations were washed away. File photo
Environment

EAC to approach COP28 as bloc with one voice, recommits to food security

Saturday, November 25, 2023
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
Burundi’s President Evariste Ndayishimiye hands over EAC chairmanship to South Sudan President, Salva Kiir Mayardit, on November 24. in Arusha Tanzania. Photo Courtesy
Africa

South Sudan’s Salva Kiir is new EAC chair

Friday, November 24, 2023
EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki (R) chats with the President of Somalia, Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (C), and Tanzanian President Suluhu Samia, on November 24, 2023, in Arusha (Courtesy photo).
Africa

Somalia joins East African Community

Friday, November 24, 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
Passengers board a RwandAir's plane at Kigali International Airport. Kagame recently said ''Any African can get on a plane to Rwanda whenever they wish and will not pay a thing to enter our country.” File
Aviation

Three things to know about Rwanda’s visa-free policy

Wednesday, November 15, 2023
EAC Secretary-General Dr Peter Mathuki (left) converses with Comoros President Azali Assoumani, who is also the African Union Chairperson, on the sidelines of the Africa Investment Forum in Marrakech, Morocco, on November 8. PHOTO: POOL
Africa

Mathuki: Somalia could join EAC this month

Friday, November 10, 2023