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Browsing: DRC new member of EAC
As of 8th April, 2022, the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) officially joined the East African Community (EAC) opening a slew of opportunities for both sides.
The Treaty of Accession was inked in Nairobi, Kenya overseeing by the then EAC Chairperson former Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta alongside several other Heads of State of the EAC and of course the President of DRC, H.E. Félix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo.
- The East African Community has agreed to speed up Congo-Kinshasa’s ascension into the bloc
- DR Congo will open a new 90 million strong market to the EAC
- With input from the DR Congo, the East African Community will form a new mechanism to handle natural resource management
With the ascension, the DR Congo has up to the end of this month (29th September, 2022) to complete its internal constitutional processes to ratify the Treaty and submit to the EAC Secretary General. …