East African Community Archives

October 16, 2026

long live mwalimu julius kambarage nyerere! long live africa!

Marking Julius Nyerere Day in Dar es Salaam, Simon Kaheru reflects on Mwalimu’s nation-before-tribe vision, Ujamaa, and what a 1961…

February 22, 2019

BACK when I was in an overly-publicised position in the Executive of Government, I was convinced to ‘walk the talk’…

October 1, 2018

HEADING out to a regional meeting in Arusha last week to discuss the importance of business over politics regardless of…

August 5, 2015

BURUNDI’S Pierre Nkurunziza is a man of ironies. His political party is called the National Council for the Defense of…