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Somalia gains full membership of East African Community
Somali has gained full membership of the East African Community (EAC) after depositing her instrument of ratification of the treaty of accession with the bloc’s Secretary-General on Monday in Arusha, Tanzania. At a brief ceremony held at the EAC headquarters, Somalia’s Minister of Commerce and Industry, Jibril Abdirashid Haji Abdi,…
Kenya cautious as Somalia makes inroads into EAC
The formal admission of Somalia into the East African Community has elicited mixed feelings in the region, with immediate neighbour Kenya seen to remain cautious about opening its borders. Somalia was formally admitted to the EAC on November 24, after the Summit of the East African Community Heads of State…
Somalia has joined the EAC regional bloc. What happens next?
After more than a decade of intense lobbying, Somalia has been admitted into the East African Community (EAC). After ratification by the Somali Federal Parliament, the membership will become official.The application process, started by former President Sharif Sheikh Ahmed in 2011, had been long and arduous with some member states…
Somaliland opposes Somalia’s entry into EAC
Somaliland has strongly condemned Somalia's recent entry into the East African Community (EAC), viewing it as an infringement on its sovereignty, according to a statement from its Ministry of Foreign Affairs. This development comes as Somalia, following a decade-long effort initiated in 2012, joins the EAC, expanding the bloc's market…
East African Community leaders convene to decide Somalia’s bid for bloc membership
Somali President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud is attending the East African Community (EAC) leaders meeting in Arusha, Tanzania, where decisions on the Somali government's request to join the regional bloc are expected. President Mohamud, who arrived in Arusha on Thursday, will hold sideline meetings with regional leaders to discuss the hard…
Somalia’s EAC membership raises critical questions about the bloc’s ability to ensure regional stability
BY HALKANO WARIO AND RAHEL HASSEN Somalia is poised to become the East African Community’s (EAC) eighth member state at the economic bloc’s December summit. This follows negotiations in August between the EAC and Somalia, hosted by the Kenyan government. With the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) joining in March last year,…
EAC adopts report on Somalia’s application to join the regional bloc
The heads of state of the East African Community (EAC) have adopted a report of the verification of the application of Somalia to join the regional bloc, the EAC said in a statement on Thursday. The adoption of the report was made during the 21st extra-ordinary summit of the EAC…