Regional heads of state set to discuss Burundi crisis today

Burundian President Pierre Nkurunziza (pictured) will have some explaining to do when the East African Community (EAC) heads of state meet in an extraordinary Summit in Dar es Salaam on May 13, The Citizen has learnt.

Theme: One People, One Destiny
THE EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY HEADS OF STATE, THEIR EXCELLENCIES PRESIDENT JAKAYA MRISHO KIKWETE OF THE UNITED REPUBLIC OF TANZANIA, PRESIDENT YOWERI KAGUTA MUSEVENI OF THE REPUBLIC OF UGANDA, PRESIDENT UHURU KENYATTA OF THE REPUBLIC OF KENYA, HON. ALAIN NYAMITWE, MINISTER OF EXTERNAL AND INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION REPRESENTING THE REPUBLIC OF BURUNDI, HON. VALENTINE RUGWABIZA, MINISTER FOR EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY, REPRESENTING THE REPUBLIC OF RWANDA, HELD AN...

>The new Speaker for the East African Legislative Assembly (Eala) will be elected today as criticisms mount on the endless crisis which has plagued the regional Parliament.

East African Community The 12th Extra-Ordinary EAC Summit of Heads of State is set to take place this Wednesday 30 April  2014 at the Arusha International Conference Centre (AICC) in Arusha, Tanzania.
The EAC Heads of State Summit will be considering among others, the  report of  the EAC Council of Ministers on Alternative Financing Mechanisms for the East African Community; the East African Community Institutional Review; Negotiations on the admission of the Republic of South Sudan into...

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