Proposed Political Federation of East African Countries: 'Benefit' to Tanzania

Abstract

Regional communities have been one of the major developments in independent Africa since the early 1960s. These regional communities were viewed in Africa as a commitment to Pan-Africanism, an ideology of African unity. However, some of them ceased to exist or collapsed. The East African Community which was formed by Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda in 1967 is one of them. It collapsed in 1977 due to a number of reasons. After nearly two decades the East African Community was born again; this time expanded to include Burundi and Rwanda and with more ambitious objectives. One of the objectives of the renewed East African Community is to form a political federation for the five member states. This paper seeks to establish the objectives of the proposed political federation and how Tanzania will or will not benefit from the federation.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 01, 2010
Accession Number
ADA522099

Entities

People

  • Jackson J. Mwaseba

Organizations

  • United States Army War College

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Africa
  • Agreements
  • Commerce
  • Continents
  • East Africa
  • Economic Systems
  • Ethnic Groups
  • Governments
  • Investments
  • Law
  • Market Economy
  • National Governments
  • National Politics
  • Political Systems
  • United States
  • United States Government
  • War Colleges

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