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DRC President to launch EAC Verification Mission to the country

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East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 22nd June, 2021: The President of the Democratic Republic of Congo, H.E. Felix Tshishekedi, will on Thursday this week launch the East African Community’s verification mission to the country in the eastern Congolese town of Goma. 

A high level mission comprising EAC Secretary General Hon. Dr. Peter Mathuki and officials from EAC Organs and Partner States Ministries of EAC will witness the launch by the Congolese Head of State.

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EAC Secretary General Hon. Dr. Peter Mathuki admires a gift in the form of dhow that he received from the Acting Executive Secretary of the East African Kiswahili Commission, Dr. James Jowi (right). Looking on is Hon. Mudrik Soroga, Zanzibar's Minister of State for Labour, Economy and Investment. The dhow signifies Zanzibar's blue economy and the Secretary General's stewardship of the Community.

Government of Zanzibar to provide land for East African Kiswahili Commission to build permanent headquarters

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East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 20th June, 2021: The Government of Zanzibar will provide land to enable the East African Kiswahili Commission to build a permanent headquarters on the island. 

Zanzibar’s Minister of State in the Office of the President in charge of Labour, Economy and Investment, Hon. Mudrik Ramadhan Soroga, further assured the Commission of maximum support from the government of Zanzibar.  

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The President of Zanzibar, Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi (right), in a group photo with EAC Secretary General Hon. Dr. Peter Mathuki, East African Court of Justice President Nestor Kayobera, East African Legislative Assembly Speaker Hon. Ngoga Martins and Zanzibar’s Minister of State for Labour, Economy and Investment, Hon. Mudrik Ramadhan Soroga, outside State House, Zanzibar. Also in the photo are officials from EAC Organs and Institutions and the government of Zanzibar.

Zanzibar President calls for increased intra-EAC and intra-African trade

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East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 20th June, 2021: The President of Zanzibar, Dr. Hussein Ali Mwinyi, has called for increased trade among East African Community Partner States and by extension African countries. 

President Mwinyi said that EAC Partner States and African countries trade more with nations in other continents while trade amongst them was way too low, adding that intra-EAC and intra-continental trade was the best way to promote economic prosperity in East Africa and on the African continent. 

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