The East African Community is an intergovernmental organisation of countries in East Africa, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania. An earlier community of Kenya, Tanzania and Uganda was formed in 1967 and collapsed in 1977 over political and economic disagreements. The present community was relaunched with a new treaty that came into force in July 2000, and it has since added Rwanda, Burundi, South Sudan, the Democratic Republic of the Congo and Somalia as members. It has set up a customs union and a common market, and it aims at a monetary union and eventually a political federation. Its work includes trade, infrastructure and cooperation on security.
Before and after
- 11 May 2000Construction of Tate Modern
- 26 June 2000The first draft of the human genome is announced
- July 2000Discovery of livermorium
- 1 July 2000Construction of Øresund Bridge
- 7 July 2000Founding of East African Community
- 8 July 2000Publication of Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire
- 17 July 2000Launch of MusicBrainz
- 21 July 2000Birth of Erling Haaland
- 7 August 2000Discovery of Kiviuq
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- 16 November 1945Founding of UNESCO
- 7 April 1948Founding of World Health Organization
- 1950Origins of Formula One
- 1959HIV/AIDS
- 9 September 1999Founding of African Union
- from 15 November 2019 to 5 May 2023COVID-19 pandemic
The era
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