Members pull apart: Is this the beginning of the end of EAC?
Tanzania says it is thinking of stronger economic ties with DRC and Burundi as the third meeting of “coalition of the willing” pulls in South Sudan. TEA Graphic
Tanzania’s decision to seek closer economic ties with Burundi and Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) to counter grand infrastructure plans by Kenya, Uganda and Rwanda will reshape the political-economic map of the region, even as the country says it remains committed to the East African Community.
A spokesman for President Jakaya Kikwete told The EastAfrican that the Tanzanian leader intends to attend the EAC Heads of State Summit in Kampala at the end of the month, although the country is looking west to find new political and economic allies.
