EAC funding under threat as donors object to Nkurunziza’s third term

The EAC faces a funding crisis that could see many of its projects stall as donors call for the isolation of Burundi. FILE PHOTO | TEA GRAPHIC |

As Burundi’s President Pierre Nkurunziza begins his controversial third term in office, the whole of East Africa will soon feel the effects of a donor freeze occasioned by his decision to extend his stay in power.

The EAC faces a funding crisis that could see many of its projects stall as donors call for the isolation of Burundi.