Tag Archives: East African Community
By Jerry Okungu,The Star column Kenya hosts the third largest UN complex outside the US and Europe. For decades now, Kenya has been the landing pad for many operations – military, humanitarian and rescue missions – in the Horn of … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Kenya, Op-ed
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Tagged East Africa, East African Community, Ethiopia, Great Lakes Region, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Kenyan, South Sudan, Uganda
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By Kayitana Ka Ruterandongozi opinion The French “intervention” in Mali to assist a national army that has been receiving counter-terrorism training from the USA since 2007 makes one wonder how competent their instructors are. Or is it that Malian soldiers … read more »
Posted in Article, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, DR Congo, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Libya, Mali, Nigeria, Somali, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Togo, Zimbabwe
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Tagged British Empire, Cecil Rhodes, East African Community, France, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Mali, Southern African Development Community, United States
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The East African Community will deploy a team of election observers during the March 4, 2013 Kenya general elections. This follows an invitation extended by the government of Kenya to the regional body to deploy a 40-member election observer mission. … read more »
By Oghogho Obayuwana LAST month, Sudan and South Sudan signed a historic agreement in Addis Ababa, one of the nine various accords framed as agreements and covering a range of issues that both “brotherly” nations have been negotiating since 2010. … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, South Sudan, Sudan
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Tagged Abuja Accord, Addis Ababa, Comprehensive Peace Agreement, East African Community, IndepthAfrica, Omar al-Bashir, Salva Kiir Mayardit, South Sudan, Sudan
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document President Paul Kagame ended a two- day tour of Nigeria with a speech as the guest speaker at the annual Spring Lecture held by the Oxbridge Club. The Oxbridge Club is a grouping of alumni of Oxford and Cambridge … read more »
Posted in Documents, Nigeria, Rwanda
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Tagged East African Community, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kagame, Nigeria, Nigeria news, Paul Kagame, President of the United States, Rwanda, Rwanda news, United States
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BBC Konza City is an example of the modern country Kenya hopes to project – but will the old forces of corruption sabotage the great leap forward? Economist James Shikwati asks whether Kenya’s ambitious Vision 2030 plan can bring the … read more »
By Paul Amina, The Star As Uganda marks its golden jubilee today, Paul Amina argues that the country is a shadow of its former self and that a balanced overview of Uganda’s 50 years of independence shows that (de)colonisation is … read more »
By Felly Kimenyi, independent The New Times’ Felly Kimenyi interviewed the Ugandan High Commissioner to Rwanda Richard Kabonero, who is also the Dean of Diplomats accredited to Kigali. The interview touched a number of issues including the wave of revolutions … read more »
Posted in Article, Uganda
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Tagged East Africa, East African Community, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthAfrica world news, KIGALI, Rwanda, Tanzania, TNT, Uganda
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Every year on my birthday, I take a moment to reflect on my life so far and what I hope to have achieved by my next birthday. As a lover of Uganda, I have written numerous musings and pieces on … read more »
By; Kiflu Hussain When the late Meles Zenawi of Ethiopia disappeared from public life, particularly from international gathering which he never failed from basking in, the mainstream media began speculating on his “serious illness” unlike the “fringe” Medias that accurately … read more »
By Taimour Lay When you stand on the island of Rukwanzi at the heart of Lake Albert, your first thought, echoing perhaps the casual rhetoric of the region’s oil men, is that you are at the edge of a new … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, News
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Tagged China National Offshore Oil Corporation, East Africa, East African Community, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Lake Albert, Tullow Oil, Uganda
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Josh Maiyo Somalia and Ethiopia’s expected entry into the East African Community will significantly transform the region’s geopolitical security architecture. Recent news that the Republic of Somalia and newly independent South Sudan have applied to join the East African Community … read more »
Posted in Article, News, Pan African News, West Africa
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By Josh Maiyo Recent news that the Republic of Somalia and newly independent South Sudan have applied to join the East African Community (EAC) has elicited uncharacteristically heated debate on the hitherto rather sedate and lacklustre dialogue on the region’s … read more »
Posted in Article, East Africa, Ethiopia, News, Pan African News
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Tagged afria travel, Africa news, African news, EAC, East African Community, Ethiopia, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania
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The number of East Africans living below the poverty line has increased from 44 million to 53 million people, according to a new report. The report dubbed ‘State of East Africa 2012’ indicates that the number of people living below … read more »
ARUSHA, Tanzania, January 26, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — The East African Community and the Nordic Africa Institute (NAI) today signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) at the EAC Secretariat headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. The MoU creates a framework of … read more »
Posted in African Union (AU), Press Releases
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Tagged Arusha, EAC, East African Community, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Memorandum of Understanding, Nordic Africa Institute, Tanzania, Uppsala
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Sweden’s Minister for Trade Hon. Eva Bjorling today visited the East African Community headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania where she held wide ranging discussions with the EAC Deputy Secretary General in charge of Productive and Social Sectors Mr. Jean Claude Nsengiyumva. … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged Arusha, Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa, EAC, East Africa, East African Community, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Sweden, Tanzania
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STOCKHOLM, Sweden, January 20, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Minister for Trade Ewa Björling will visit Uganda, Tanzania and Mozambique on 23-27 January to enhance trade relations and business opportunities for Swedish companies in Eastern and Southern Africa. “Africa’s growth … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged Dar es Salaam, East African Community, Entebbe, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Maputo, Mozambique, Stockholm, Tanzania
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ARUSHA, Tanzania, January 19, 2012/African Press Organization (APO)/ — Alcon International Limited, a construction company based in Kenya, has asked the Appellate Division of the EACJ to set aside a ruling by the Court’s First Instance Division striking out its … read more »
Posted in Press Releases
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Tagged Arusha, EACJ, East African Community, East African Court of Justice, High Court, Indepth Africa, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda
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* Revenues would take a major hit on violence * South to look to east Africa for oil export route * Ethiopia and Uganda will guarantee security By Barry Malone KAMPALA, July 6 (Reuters) – When South Sudanese president Salva … read more »
Posted in News, North Africa, Sudan
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Concerted efforts are what the East African Community (EAC) needs to mitigate disasters in the regional economic bloc, said the East African Legislative Assembly (EALA). Chairperson of EALA’s committee on Agriculture, Tourism and Natural Resources Safina Kwekwe made the remarks … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News
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Tagged About Africa, Africa news, African History, African Maps, All Africa, Arab League, Arusha, breaking news, Disaster Risk Reduction, Drought, East Africa, East African Community, IndepthAfrica, IndepthGhana, IndepthMultimedia, IndepthNigeria, IndepthSouthAfrica, IndepthWorld, Millennium Development Goals, North Africa, Pan African News, Southern Africa, Tanzania, United Nations, West Africa
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Leaders of five East African nations in a stalled regional bloc admitted this week to broad concerns over the union, with Uganda’s unrest and a monetary union among the sticking points. The presidents of Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, breaking news, East Africa, East African Community, Embassies and Consulates, Ibrahim Lipumba, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, News local news, Pierre Nkurunziza, Tanzania, Uganda, World news, Yoweri Museveni
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A summit of the East African Community on Tuesday urged the United States and the European Union to step up their support for AMISOM, the African Union’s peacekeeping force in Somalia. “The summit called upon the international community, in particular … read more »
Posted in East Africa, News, Somali
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Tagged Africa maps, Africa news, African news, African tribes, African Union, African Union Mission to Somalia, breaking news, Burundi, East African Community, Embassies and Consulates, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, IndepthNigeria, IndepthWorld, International Maritime Bureau, News local news, Somalia, Transitional Federal Government, World news, Yoweri Museveni
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December 3, 2010 by benim
Rising food prices are focusing minds on Africa’s agricultural output, and on whether or not technology is the best way to boost production. African agriculture has become the focus of extraordinary attention and interest. Yesterday a big report was launched … read more »
Posted in Agriculture, Analysis, Indepth Africa Magazine, News
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Tagged Africa news, Agriculture, Business and Economy, Calestous Juma, East African Community, farming, Indepth Africa Magazine, IndepthAfrica, International Food Policy Research Institute, Olivier De Schutter, sub-Saharan Africa
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