COMESA Secretariat working with the African Union Commission (AUC), the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) and Regional Economic Communities have conducted a four-day training of trainers’ workshop for 12 countries on conflict prevention and peace building in the continent. The workshop was conducted days ago in Nairobi, Kenya and focused on the AU’s Continental Continue Reading

The East African Community (EAC) Council of Ministers has unlocked the recruitment process for vacancies that was postponed in October this year.  Making the announcement, the Chairperson of the Council of Ministers who is also Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for EAC and Regional Development, Adan Mohamed, said that shortlisted applicants from the EAC Partner States would Continue Reading

The East African Community (EAC) has launched the EAC Regional and Domestic Tourism Media Campaign set to publicize national and regional tourism products and services, in a move aiming at stimulating intra-regional travel.  The campaign dubbed, ‘Tembea Nyumbani’, seeks to entice East Africans to travel in their specific countries and around the region, in an Continue Reading

The Mo Ibrahim Foundation is to publish a new analysis looking at COVID-19’s impact on Africa and the continent’s potential to respond.‘COVID-19 in Africa: a challenging road to recovery’ will be launched on December 6, 2021. Using country data from the Ibrahim Index of African Governance (IIAG), the report provides a clear picture of where each African […]Continue Reading

A report released on Wednesday at the ongoing Bloomberg New Economy Forum in Singapore finds that the Covid-19 pandemic has pushed an estimated 30 million people in sub-Saharan Africa into extreme poverty, wiping out more than five years of progress. Whilst some ground will be made up as economies across the continent recover, this will still not […]Continue Reading

The East African Community (EAC) is making strides in conforming to trading requirements under the African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA), with plans underway to finalize the EAC Tariff Offer.  The EAC Sectoral Council on Trade, Industry, Finance and Investment (SCTIFI) has directed the EAC Secretariat to convene meetings with experts, by December 15, 2021, […]Continue Reading

 East African Community (EAC) Partner States have been called upon to expedite the comprehensive review of the EAC Common External Tariff (CET) in order to promote trade and industrialization in the region. Kenya’s Cabinet Secretary for Trade and Industrialization, Ms. Betty Maina, said that the failure to conclude the review of the CET, which started […]Continue Reading

In a bid to address the basic needs of the local population, the African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) on Monday handed over a newly constructed school and a health facility, together with an assortment of medical equipment to the South West State Administration. The school and the Mother and Child Health (MCH) centre were […]Continue Reading

The East African Community (EAC) Secretary General, Dr. Peter Mathuki, has hailed the role being played by the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) in armed conflict situations in Eastern Africa. Dr. Mathuki said that EAC would scale up its cooperation with ICRC to mitigate or reduce the impact of armed conflict situations in […]Continue Reading