The expansion of the East African Community (EAC) has introduced new things to fight over; increased both friends and enemies; blurred ancient lines of contradiction; and softened many of the old points of friction that became so intense, that they broke the Community. ILLUSTRATION | JOSEPH NYAGAH | NMG
Once again, many people are writing the obituary of the East African Community, and saying the current crises roiling it are similar to the upheaval that led to the breakup of the first EAC in 1977.
Everywhere you look, EAC member states are involved in trade brawls, border closures, hurling non-tariff barriers at each other, and trading petty and big insults.
