East African Countries exports to other parts of the continent include precious stones, coffee, tea, cement, animal fats, minerals and mineral oils, as well as iron and steel.
Subsistence agriculture by smallholders in rural areas is the main driver of deforestation and degradation in the Congo Basin. Other factors include road construction and settlements, which accelerate land clearing.
Local armed groups had apparently offered to lay down arms in return for peace and urged all parties, to join in the quest for lasting peace in Eastern DRC through the inter-Congolese dialogue.
Somalia wants the process of being admitted into East African hastened, Mogadishu promises to add a huge chuck of the Indian Ocean shoreline into the community