News Source: All Africa
| 7 days ago
East Africa Sign Customs Union Protocol 20 November 2009 Kampala — THE five leaders of the East African Community (EAC) have signed a landmark agreement for a common market which allows free movement of people, goods, labour and capital across the
News Source: The New Vision
| 9 days ago
The ceremony, that took place in Arusha, Tanzania, coincided with the 10th anniversary of the Community. It was attended by presidents Yoweri Museveni, Mwai Kibaki of Kenya, Jakaya Kikwete of Tanzania, Paul Kagame of Rwanda and Pierre Nkurunziza of
News Source: News 24
| 18 days ago
Burundi's energy minister Samuel Ndayiragije has been dismissed for "serious failings" in his duty, the speaker of the national assembly announced on Wednesday. Pie Ntavyohanyuma said that Burundi's President Pierre Nkurunziza had on Tuesday night "
News Source: Sify News
| about 1 month ago
Ukraine Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko has grabbed the first place in a list of 172 heads of States with the hottest appearance. According to blogging site Hottest Heads of State, Tymoshenko took the title of 'hottest leader in the world'. The
News Source: News 24
| 2 months ago
The Burundi government has stopped funding the country's electoral commission in a dispute over its activities ahead of national elections next year, officials said Wednesday...The minister said Nduwimana had withheld about $162 000 of funding for
News Source: News 24
| 3 months ago
Burundian police on Tuesday freed an opposition leader they had confined to a relative's house since the weekend for allegedly holding an illegal meeting. Alexis Sinduhije, a former journalist, had been surrounded by police at a relative's house in
News Source: South Africa News
| 4 months ago
Some gays and lesbians have been fired from their jobs, beaten by parents and youths in their neighbourhoods and others sent away from their homes for being homosexual, according to accounts in a report by the group. "The government needs to listen
News Source: Daily Nation
| 4 months ago
President Amani Abeid Karume, President Mwai Kibaki, President Paul Kagame, President Pierre Nkurunziza, Deputy Prime Minister of Uganda Eriya Kategaya and East African Secretary General Amb Juma Mwapachu at opening of the East African Community