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EAC Launches Citizens' Engagement campaign as part of it's 20th Anniversary celebrations
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East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 22nd November, 2019: The East African Community has launched a Citizens Engagement Campaign as part of its 20th Anniversary celebrations.
The campaign dubbed as ‘The EAC I Deserve’ seeks to reach more than 10 million East Africans over the next one year.

39th Meeting of the Council of Ministers underway in Arusha
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 22nd November, 2019: The 39th Meeting of the East African Community Council of Ministers is currently underway in Arusha, Tanzania.
The 39thMeeting of the Council will run from 21st to 28th November, 2019.It is composed of three sessions which are, the Session of Senior Officials which is being held from Thursday, 21st to Saturday, 23rd November, 2019; the Coordination Committee or the Session of Permanent/Principal/Under Secretaries slated for Monday, 25th and Tuesday, 26th November, 2019, and; the Ministerial session set for Wednesday, 27th November, 2019.

New Danish Ambassador accredited to EAC
East African Community Headquarters, Arusha, Tanzania, 22nd November, 2019: Denmark’s new Ambassador to Tanzania and the East African Community, Ms. Mette Norgaard Dissing-Spandet, presented her credentials to EAC Secretary General Amb. Libérat Mfumukeko at the EAC Headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.
Amb. Dissing-Spandet informed the Secretary General that the concept of regional integration was dear to Denmark as country despite the challenges facing integration and multilateral cooperation at the moment all over the world.
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