East African Community

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economic union intergovernmental organization regional organization

The East African Community is a regional intergovernmental organization of several East African countries that promotes economic integration, political cooperation, and social development across the region.

Aliases (10)

Statements (50)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	economic union → intergovernmental organization → regional organization →
cooperatesIn	education and training → health and social services → infrastructure development → peace and security → trade liberalization →
currencyPlan	East African shilling →
dissolvedVersion	1977 →
formerMemberState	Rwanda-Urundi → Zanzibar →
founded	2000-07-07 →
foundingTreaty	Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community →
goal	economic integration of East Africa → political cooperation among member states → social development in the East African region →
hasOrgan	Council of Ministers of the East African Community → East African Court of Justice → East African Legislative Assembly → Secretariat of the East African Community →
hasProgram	East African Common Market → East African Customs Union → East African Monetary Union →
headquartersLocation	Arusha, Tanzania →
leaderTitle	Chairperson of the East African Community → Secretary General of the East African Community →
memberState	Burundi → Democratic Republic of the Congo → Kenya → Rwanda → Somalia → South Sudan → Tanzania → Uganda →
motto	One People, One Destiny →
officialLanguage	English → French → Kiswahili → Swahili →
policy	common market → customs union → eventual political federation → monetary union →
precededBy	East African Common Services Organization → East African High Commission →
reEstablished	2000 →
regionServed	East Africa →
shortName	EAC →
website	https://www.eac.int →

Referenced by (36)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Government of Uganda → Kenya → Rwanda → South Sudan → Uganda →	memberOf
Council of Ministers of the East African Community → East African Court of Justice → East African Legislative Assembly → Secretariat of the East African Community → Summit of EAC Heads of State ("East African Community institutional framework") →	partOf
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa → ECA Subregional Office for Eastern Africa → IGAD → Intergovernmental Authority on Development →	cooperatesWith
East African Community ("East African Customs Union") → East African Community ("East African Common Market") →	hasProgram
East African Court of Justice → East African Court of Justice ("East African Community member states") →	jurisdictionOver
East African Court of Justice → Secretariat of the East African Community →	parentOrganization
East Africa →	economicCommunity
East African Community ("Treaty for the Establishment of the East African Community") →	foundingTreaty
East African Community →	fullName
East African Community ("East African Community Common Market") →	hasCommonMarket
East African Community ("East African Community Customs Union") →	hasCustomsUnion
East African Legislative Assembly →	hasJurisdictionOver
Sub-Saharan Africa →	hasMajorEconomicBloc
East African shilling →	intendedForUseIn
Council of Ministers of the East African Community ("East African Community Partner States") →	jurisdiction
East African Legislative Assembly →	legislativeBodyFor
Swahili language →	officialLanguageOf
East African shilling →	plannedBy
East African Community ("East African Cooperation") →	precededBy
East African shilling ("East African Community member governments") →	proposedBy
Kenya →	regionalBloc
Tanzania →	regionalBlocMembership