Uganda, Burundi lead East Africa in military spending

President Jakaya Kikwete has come out in defense of his government's heavy military expansion programme  saying the large sums of money spent on strengthening the army are not going to waste.

It was one of the strangest plays I have ever seen; and this one was on a big stage. The star does not only outshine everyone but also outsmarts the lot. The rest of the cast appears very lowly and shows little or no enthusiasm at all. The end is very clear.

The Standard Digital News
Uganda to Deploy Over 700 Regional Forces in East Africa - Report
AllAfrica.com
Kampala — Uganda has agreed to deploy 736 troops to an East African intervention force for rapid response to regional conflicts, according to media reports. Uganda's President Yoweri Museveni, according to Uganda's Daily Monitor newspaper, announced ...
Ever-calm Tanzania hits turbulenceThe Standard Digital News
First in East Africa, among ten most stable in AfricaIPPmedia

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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...

Multiple army barracks in Burundi's capital, Bujumbura, have come under attack, with reports saying at least seven people are dead.

New Europe
EU spending billions to stop migration from Africa
New Europe
An emergency fund set up by the European Union and worth €1.8bn will be used to address the causes of immigration to Europe. The fund will assist Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania. As reported by The East African, a weekly newspaper published in Kenya, the ...
Be prepared to welcome PopeThe Standard Digital News (satire) (press release) (registration) (blog)

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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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Uganda, Tanzania lead region in use of antiretroviral therapy  The East African

“Girls are not given an independent voice in decision making at home, dictated against for instance in marriage and property inheritance” report