Somalia Submits 3rd Application to Join EAC: EastAfrica
On Thursday, the country's newly elected President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud arrived in Arusha to attend the ongoing 22nd Ordinary East Africa Community Heads of State Summit, perhaps to review the inclusion bid that started a decade ago.
Mohamud had initiated the bid during his first term between 2012 and 2017 together with DRC but members declined due to war and disorder in the horn of Africa nation. During the meeting Mohamud said his country is willing and ready to join EAC, adding that they are no longer a liability to the bloc.The inclusion of Somalia in the regional trading bloc will make EAC a plus 100 million population market after the addition of DRC pushed it to 92 million.It is also likely to push the region's combined GDP above Sh30 trillion, from the current Sh29 trillion after the addition of DRC.
The current EAC partner states are Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan and DR Congo.
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