The Latest Breaking News from EAC

A joint summit between the East African Community and the Southern African Development Community will take place today and Saturday in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The Presidents of Rwanda and the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Paul Kagame and Félix Tshisekedi, are both expected to attend.

The armed group M23 has declared a humanitarian "ceasefire" starting this Tuesday in the volatile eastern region of the Democratic Republic of Congo, while a crisis meeting between Congolese President Felix Tshisekedi and Rwandan President Paul Kagame is also being arranged for Friday.

M23 fighters have been pressing to capture strategic eastern city for months and intensified offensives in recent days.

Bibek Debroy, Chairman of Prime Minister’s Economic Advisory Council and Economist passed away on Friday. Read further on Dynamite News:

Kenya has played a leading role in lowering barriers to the movement of people in the east African region. It has also made huge strides in protecting Kenyan emigrants working abroad. But there are still gaps in how it creates and implements domestic immigration and employment policies.

A recent UN report accuses Rwanda of aiding M23 rebel group that’s battling Congolese forces in eastern DRC.

A new government report claims that India’s Muslim population share has grown 43 percent since 1950. What’s the truth?

Clean river campaigner says pollution poses threat as Labour MP calls for water industry to be taken into public ownership

It is perplexing why the EAC would lend its sanction to a work that is at best incomplete

The Population Foundation of India, a Delhi-based policy and advocacy organisation, has pointed to “misreporting” about the findings of a study by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister and its “misleading” and “selective portrayal” to highlight the increase in the Muslim population in India.  

The Population Foundation of India expressed deep concerns about media reports misrepresenting the data set put out by the Economic Advisory Council to the Prime Minister in a recently published working paper on the share of religious minorities in 167 countries, including India.