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1 – 10 of 14The planned railway is the latest development in warming relations between Tanzania and Rwanda. Increasing ties could pave the way for a larger Tanzanian role in the region while…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB212517
ISSN: 2633-304X
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Earlier in February, Tanzanian President John Magufuli met with his Ugandan counterpart, Yoweri Museveni, on the sidelines of an African Union (AU) summit to discuss reviving the…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB218288
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The treaty includes joint commitments to improving human rights and gender equality. Perhaps more notably, it also implicitly crystallises the EU’s commitment to implementation of…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB261250
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Progress in towards an East African monetary union.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB216511
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These tensions have deep and specific roots, but the two-way spillover between trade and political disputes is an issue that has long undermined regional economic and political…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB242558
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The trade disputes are emblematic of the difficult relationship between Nairobi and Dodoma, which has been aggravated in recent years by mutual recriminations alleging…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB223849
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Coffee and tea farmers across the region face challenges, with knock-on impacts for the wider economies. The national development plans of most East African governments emphasise…
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB224875
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Since the project was announced in 2020, it has faced sustained international scrutiny and growing criticism, which in turn have created questions about the project’s financing.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB273231
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However, Kenya's wider economic prospects are buoyant, underlined by the IMF's robust 6.0% GDP growth forecast for 2016 and 6.1% in 2017.
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DOI: 10.1108/OXAN-DB210514
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Its admission makes the EAC one of the largest trading blocs in Africa and will create significant new economic opportunities, but also additional political and security…