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The new age of austerity

Higher taxes will finance any extra spending as the region's finance ministers rein in borrowing and try to cut back the public sector

The headline figures that government spending in Uganda, Tanzania, Kenya and Rwanda, is set to increase by 10%, 7%, 6.5% and 5.65% respectively, suggested that little had changed w...

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Scrambling for a Pax Swahili

Kenya's entry into the Congolese crucible is driven more by hopes of diplomatic and commercial gains than military adventurism

It is hanging by a thread. A truce, signed in Luanda with only the tacit participation of the principal antagonist, guaranteed by a phone call between Kenya's former President Uhur...


Bigger promises, smaller budgets

As the finance ministers in Uganda and Tanzania prepare their national budget statements for 14 June, they are likely to include references to their commitment to a single currency...


Club of rivals

A successful club always attracts new members. That appears to be the rationale behind Congo-Kinshasa being fast-tracked to become the latest member of the East African Community i...


Birthday blues

This year the East African Community marks its 20th birthday and tries to defend its reputation as the continent's most effective regional economic grouping. This role is all the m...


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