50 years of delight and madness: Why you will love and fear these East African lands
Twenty-seven years and over five million deaths later, most due to non-violent causes such as diseases and malnutrition, eastern DRC is still embroiled in crisis. ILLUSTRATION | JOSEPH NYAGAH | NMG
On March 4, 2024, Somalia completed its entry into the East African Community as its eighth partner state, after officially depositing its instruments of ratification of the Treaty of Accession with the EAC Secretary-General.
The event was considered a key moment in a dramatic 50 years in Greater East Africa beginning with the Ethiopian Civil War fought between the Ethiopian military junta, known as the Derg, and an alliance of Ethiopian-Eritrean rebels in September 1974.
