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East African regional relations face a period of flux

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: EAST AFRICA
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: East Africa AF

Topical: international relations politics social civil war foreign policy foreign trade integration regional talks
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2021), "East African regional relations face a period of flux", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB263966

Wednesday, September 8, 2021

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This may have a profound effect on East Africa’s two main regional blocs -- the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD) and the East African Community (EAC).

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Trade tensions fuelled by incompatible COVID-19 strategies could ease after Burundi and Tanzania changed tack.
Tanzanian re-engagement could help reinvigorate stalled regional infrastructure projects.
Ethiopia may try to revive region-wide Nile Basin Initiative water talks, partly to isolate Egypt, partly to restore its own standing.

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