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Tanzania
EAC struggles to standardise plastic laws

While Kenya and Rwanda have already banned single-use plastic bags, members of the East African Community have not yet reached an agreement on legislation that would apply across the entire region. [...]

Published on 03/07/2023 at 04:40 GMT

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Two Indian companies, Deep Construction and Rizvi Builders, have won major contracts to build new courthouses in Tanzania.

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Kenya's president William Ruto in Brussels on 29 March 2023.

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Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

Following the expiry of the original agreement governing the deployment of the East African Community force in eastern DRC, the Congolese government, unhappy with its performance so far, is hoping to remove the ambiguities of its mandate.

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Soldiers of the East African Community (EAC) regional force in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

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The East African Community is currently considering Somalia's application to join the regional bloc, even though it has yet to finalise DR Congo and South Sudan's membership. The regional mechanisms already in place are showing the limits of their effectiveness.

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During a closed-door meeting, the East African Community's regional force expressed concern about the lack of synergy between the military and political responses to the crisis in eastern DRC. Kinshasa, meanwhile, has made discreet efforts to open channels of communication with the M23 rebels.

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General Emmanuel Kaputa, deputy chief of staff from the East African Community (EAC) regional force, answers journalists during the arrival of Burundian troops at Goma airport in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo on 5 March 2023.

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Between business and politics, the secrets of Antoine Ndzengue's rise

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Paris and Dakar mull defence relations

Tanzania
EAC struggles to standardise plastic laws

Tanzania
Indian companies scoop court-building contracts

Kenya
EU banks on Kenya to reach other east African markets

Central Africa
Kinshasa looks to review terms of engagement of EAC regional force

East Africa
East African Community struggles to fulfill its potential

Spotlight | DRC
EAC regional force alarmed by M23 crisis