East African Community woes: Expanding bloc struggles to pacify members
East African Community (EAC) Chairman Salva Kiir (C), Secretary-General Peter Mathuki (3rd left), and other officials in Kigali, Rwanda where they met with President Paul Kagame on February 22, 2024. PHOTO | KAGAME FLICKR
Leaders of the African Union (AU) ended their annual summit in Addis Ababa last week without succeeding in ending the wars in East Africa, especially the deadly one in Eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), which the continental body admits could stall its agenda.
