East African Community
Intergovernmental organisation for African countries
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| January 29 2025 | An emergency EAC meeting was held to address the M23 conflict, with Rwanda's Kagame present but DRC's Tshisekedi absent. The organization called for an immediate ceasefire and negotiations. |
| 2024 | Somalia joined the East African Community. |
| 2024 | Kenya's William Ruto assumes the role of EAC Summit Chairperson. |
| 2024 | Rwanda closed its borders with Burundi and the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). |
| 2024 | DRC remitted US$1 million to the East African Community, breaking its previous pattern of non-contribution. |
| 2024 | Al-Shabaab recaptures significant territory as ATMIS prepares to withdraw, with 5,000 soldiers scheduled to leave by December. |
| 2024 | In Q4, the EAC exported US$6.3 Billion, with top trade partners including China, United Arab Emirates, India, South Africa, and Malaysia. |
| 2024 | Tanzania overtook Kenya as the leader in intraregional trade for the first time in the East African Community's history. |
| December 2 2024 | Germany signed a development cooperation agreement with the EAC, committing 64€ million in investments, including 23€ million for pandemic preparedness and 5€ million for environmental conservation. |
| June 7 2024 | Veronica Nduva from Kenya is appointed as Secretary-General of the EAC Secretariat, following Kenya's recall of Peter Mathuki for alleged misallocation of six million in funds from the Peace Fund |
| April 8 2024 | Peninah Malonza, Cabinet Secretary for EAC Arid and Semi-arid Lands and Regional Development, claimed the EAC and Ethiopia were in the final stages of negotiation for admission into the bloc. However, this was subsequently contradicted by Ethiopian Ministry of Foreign Affairs spokesperson Nebiu Tedla, who stated that Ethiopia had made no request to join the EAC. |
| 2023 | The EAC Council of Ministers agreed to duty remission for raw materials to stimulate domestic production. |
| 2023 | Kenya raised excise duty rates, maintaining some barriers to full customs union implementation. |
| December 19 2023 | The last EARF forces withdrew from Eastern DRC. |
| December 15 2023 | The treaty of accession was signed at the presidential residence in Kampala, Uganda, with Somalia given 6 months to complete ratification. |
| November 2023 | South Sudanese President Salva Kiir Mayardit was appointed chairperson of the East African Community (EAC), sparking controversy among regional observers who criticized the decision as potentially undermining the organization's moral standards. |
| November 24 2023 | Somalia was formally invited to join the EAC during the 23rd ordinary summit of heads of state, following a five-hour closed-door meeting. |
| October 2023 | Somalia is set to join the East African Community, expanding the regional organization's potential market reach. |
| October 2023 | DRC ordered the EAC force to leave by 8 December due to unsatisfactory results. |
| October 2023 | In the fourth quarter, gold became the second highest exported product in the EAC, following petroleum, with the mining sector contributing approximately 2.3% of the region's GDP. |
| September 2023 | In the third quarter, Tanzania emerged as the biggest EAC exporter with US$798.12 million in trade, while Uganda was the largest importer with US$649.3 million. |
| August 22 2023 | Negotiations on Somalia's admission to the EAC began, scheduled to last until 5 September. |
| July 2023 | Kenyan President William Ruto proposed Comoros joining the East African Community (EAC) during a bilateral cooperation agreement signing between Kenya and Comoros. |
| April 2023 | EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki suggested the organization should consider admitting Ethiopia following Somalia's accession to the community. |
| January 2023 | Burundi closed its border with Rwanda after President Evariste Ndayishimiye accused Rwanda of hosting and training the RED-Tabara rebel group. |
| January 2023 | The East African Community planned to issue a single currency within the next four years, with the Council of Ministers to decide on the East African Monetary Institute's location and currency roadmap. |
| 2022 | The Democratic Republic of the Congo joined the East African Community. |
| 2022 | Burundi's Évariste Ndayishimiye succeeds Kenyatta as Chairman of the EAC Summit. |
| 2022 | The U.S. exported $1.1 billion and imported $1.3 billion from the EAC, shifting from a trade deficit to a trade surplus of $135 million. |
| December 28 2022 | South Sudan sent a contingent of 750 troops to join the East African Regional Force (EARF) in Goma. |
| November 2 2022 | Kenya announced it would send 900 soldiers to fight against M23, with Uganda's military subsequently joining the effort. |
| July 22 2022 | During the 22nd Ordinary EAC Heads of State Summit, leaders noted the need to expedite Somalia's verification process for joining the community. |
| July 11 2022 | The DRC officially became a member of the East African Community after depositing the instrument of ratification with the EAC Secretary General in Arusha, Tanzania. |
| June 13 2022 | M23 captured the town of Bunagana, leading to diplomatic tensions and accusations of Rwandan and Ugandan support for the rebels. |
| May 2022 | Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni suggested the possibility of deploying an East African regional force to Mozambique to address ongoing insurgency in the Northern Provinces. |
| April 6 2022 | FARDC rejected negotiations with M23 and started a counter-attack. |
| March 18 2022 | EAC Secretary-General Peter Mathuki confirmed that Heads of State would approve the DRC's admission on 29 March 2022. |
| February 2022 | The EAC Council of Ministers recommended the admission of the DRC as a new member state. |
| February 2022 | M23 launched attacks in the DR Congo, which were initially repelled. |
| 2021 | Kenya's Uhuru Kenyatta returns as Chairman of the EAC Summit. |
| 2021 | French was added as a lingua franca of the East African Community. |
| 2021 | Peter Mathuki from Kenya is appointed as Secretary-General of the EAC Secretariat |
| November 23 2021 | EAC Ministers in charge of Community Affairs recommended the verification team's report on the DRC's application for consideration by EAC Heads of States. |
| July 2021 | Rwanda deployed a strong military contingent to Cabo Delgado province in Mozambique at the country's request to help counter regional insurgency. |
| June 2021 | The EAC Summit launched a verification mission to assess the DRC's suitability for admission to the Community. |
| 2020 | Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta proposed expanding the East African Community (EAC) to include Central, Northern, and Southern African states, with a specific focus on Ethiopia. The potential expansion would increase the population to approximately 460 million. |
| March 2020 | France and the East African Community signed an agreement to elevate French as an official language, with France financing approximately €42,500 toward the language development project. |
| 2019 | President Lourenço of Angola mediated the re-opening of borders and ending hostilities between Rwanda and Uganda, demonstrating diplomatic intervention in East African regional relations. |
| 2019 | Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) acceded to the East African Community, but had not contributed financially until 2024. |
| 2019 | Rwanda's Paul Kagame becomes Chairman of the EAC Summit. |
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