A report on Rwanda and East African Community
The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of seven countries in the Great Lakes region of East Africa: the Democratic Republic of the Congo, the United Republic of Tanzania, the Republics of Kenya, Burundi, Rwanda, South Sudan, and Uganda.
- East African CommunityThe country is a member of the African Union, the United Nations, the Commonwealth of Nations, COMESA, OIF and the East African Community.
- Rwanda8 related topics with Alpha
Democratic Republic of the Congo
4 linksCountry in Central Africa.
Country in Central Africa.
The DRC is located in sub-Saharan Africa, bordered to the northwest by the Republic of the Congo, to the north by the Central African Republic, to the northeast by South Sudan, to the east by Uganda, Rwanda and Burundi, and by Tanzania (across Lake Tanganyika), to the south and southeast by Zambia, to the southwest by Angola, and to the west by the South Atlantic Ocean and the Cabinda exclave of Angola.
It is a member of the United Nations, Non-Aligned Movement, African Union, East African Community, COMESA, Southern African Development Community, and the Economic Community of Central African States.
Tanzania
4 linksCountry in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.
Country in East Africa within the African Great Lakes region.
It borders Uganda to the north; Kenya to the northeast; Comoro Islands and the Indian Ocean to the east; Mozambique and Malawi to the south; Zambia to the southwest; and Rwanda, Burundi, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west.
Tanzania is a member of many international organizations such as the United Nations (UN), African Union (AU), East African Community (EAC), and Southern African Development Community (SADC) among many others.
Burundi
4 linksLandlocked country in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge.
Landlocked country in the Great Rift Valley where the African Great Lakes region and East Africa converge.
It is bordered by Rwanda to the north, Tanzania to the east and southeast, and the Democratic Republic of the Congo to the west; Lake Tanganyika lies along its southwestern border.
In addition, Burundi, along with Rwanda, joined the East African Community in 2007.
Swahili language
4 linksNative language of the Waswahili who are found along the East African coast and litoral islands .
Native language of the Waswahili who are found along the East African coast and litoral islands .
Due to concerted efforts by the government of Tanzania, Swahili is one of three official languages (the others being English and French) of the East African Community (EAC) countries, namely Burundi, Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, South Sudan, Tanzania, and Uganda.
Uganda
3 linksLandlocked country in East Africa.
Landlocked country in East Africa.
The country is bordered to the East by Kenya, to the North by South Sudan, to the west by the Democratic Republic of the Congo, to the south-west by Rwanda, and to the south by Tanzania.
Uganda is a member of the East African Community (EAC), along with Kenya, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi and South Sudan.
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa
1 linksRegional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini.
Regional economic community in Africa with twenty-one member states stretching from Tunisia to Eswatini.
Nine of the member states formed a free trade area in 2000 (Djibouti, Egypt, Kenya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mauritius, Sudan, Zambia and Zimbabwe), with Rwanda and Burundi joining the FTA in 2004, the Comoros and Libya in 2006, Seychelles in 2009 and Tunisia and Somalia in 2018.
In 2008, COMESA agreed to an expanded free-trade zone including members of two other African trade blocs, the East African Community (EAC) and the Southern Africa Development Community (SADC).
Paul Kagame
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Paul Kagame (born 23 October 1957) is a Rwandan politician and former military officer.
Kagame has had mostly good relations with the East African Community and the United States; his relations with France were poor until 2009.
East African shilling
0 linksThe sterling unit of account in British controlled areas of East Africa from 1921 until 1969.
The sterling unit of account in British controlled areas of East Africa from 1921 until 1969.
It is also the proposed name for a common currency that the East African Community plans to introduce.
A revived version of the currency has been proposed by the East African Community, which consists of Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan.