Burundi crisis: To our presidents in East Africa

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East Africa keen to avoid eurozone monetary crisis
Daily News
EAST African Community (EAC) member states are hopeful their envisaged monetary union will not experience problems that befell the Eurozone, as they will establish an early warning system and a stabilisation facility to ensure economic resilience in ...
Tanzania Signs EAC Pact FirstEast African Business Week
Maize Sale to Kenya Signs of True Integration By TanzaniaAllAfrica.com

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>Tanzania is lagging behind its East African partners in military spending, a new report shows. The country spent just $380 million since 2011.

eTurboNews
Door for Burundi and Tanzania to join common tourist visa in East Africa still open
eTurboNews
Tanzania's latest snub towards the Coalition of the Willing came late last week when officials called the recently launched common tourist Visa for Uganda, Rwanda and Kenya a 'security risk' and a threat to its economy, reasons immediately dismissed as ...
EAC moots grand plans for ArushaEast African Business Week
Sitta: Our people come firstIPPmedia
East Africa may launch single currency...

In our series of letters from African journalists, Ghanaian writer Elizabeth Ohene, a former government minister and member of the opposition, returns to one of her favourite subjects: Africa's love of titles.
I simply couldn't resist it after the announcement from the Office of the Gambian President that another title was being added to the already absurd long list of titles held by the president. According to an official release, the Gambian leader will now be known formally as "His...

Mail & Guardian Africa
Soldiers and warlords have come presidents in Africa, but rarely have mayors ...
Mail & Guardian Africa
In Africa, there's something particularly “toxic” about city politics that makes it difficult to transfer urban support to the national stage. Service delivery protests in South Africa. This kind of political agitation is easier to mobilise in the ...
Challenges that haunt Dar industrialisationDaily News | The National Newspaper (press release) (blog)
Magufuli Strikes...

 

An integrated continent has been the goal of African countries since the attainment of independence more than 50 years ago. Arguments for speeding up the integration process have been advanced by many, and it is generally agreed that integration would be politically and economically beneficial for Africa. The key challenge is to find a way to make this vision a reality.

H.E. Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, President of Uganda, and former Presidents Benjamin William Mkapa of Tanzania, Olusegun...

The Observer
East Africa: Why All East Africans Are Looking Up to Magufuli
AllAfrica.com
In the club of East Africa's Presidents, Tanzania's new leader John Pombe Magufuli is a lonely man. His peers threw their weight behind his electoral opponent, and when he won, they refused to even acknowledge him with routine congratulations. In ...
What would Magufuli do to attain sustainable energy access in Africa?The Observer (blog)

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