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The newly enlarged East African Community contains just under Nigeria's population, with only half of its GDP.

The East African Community has formally welcomed Burundi and Rwanda, which signed the accession treaty on 18 June. Yet the entry of two small, poor, landlocked, Francophone countries can only widen the EAC's imbalances....

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Burundi, Rwanda, Nigeria, Tanzania, Kenyans, Ugandans, Elias Biryabarema, Jakaya Kikwete, Pierre Nkurunziza, Agathon Rwasa, Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, Moody Awori, Ruth, Julius Nyerere, Maria, Idi Amin Dada, Libyan, Moammar el Gadaffi, Amos Kimunya, Mwai Kibaki, Zakia Meghji, Ezra Suruma