Somalia's President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud (L) shakes hands with his South Sudanese counterpart Salva Kiir, who chairs the East African Community, during the 23rd ordinary summit the heads of state held in Arusha, Tanzania on Novermber 24, 2023. PHOTO | COURTESY
Somalia on Friday signed the Treaty of Accession signaling its official entry into the East African Community as the eighth member state.
The Treaty of Accession was signed by Somalia’s President Sheikh Hassan Mohamud and the chairperson of the Summit of EAC Heads of State, President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan at a ceremony held on December 15 at Entebbe State house in Uganda and witnessed by President Yoweri Museveni and the EAC Secretary General Peter Mathuki.
