South Sudan President Salva Kiir has arrived in Tanzania’s commercial capital, Dar es Salaam, where he is scheduled to sign an accession treaty into the East African Community (EAC). Early last month the EAC heads of state approved the admission of the new country, which is trying to recover from a civil war.
His Tanzanian counterpart, John Magufuli, who doubles up as the bloc chairman will host him. South Sudan becomes the sixth member of the East African Community that was originally formed by Tanzania, Kenya and Uganda.
A couple of years later Rwanda and Burundi were welcomed After joining today, South Sudan is expected to open up its borders for trade.
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