UPDATES FROM EAST AFRICAN COMMUNITY (EAC)

East African Community Secretariat; Arusha, Tanzania; 06 September 2016:

Media Registration/Accreditation is at TIS/Maelezo

The 17th Extra-Ordinary Meeting of the Summit of the EAC Heads of State is taking place on 8th September 2016 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania. The 17th Extra-Ordinary Summit will be considering the EAC Council of Ministers Report on EU-EAC Economic Partnership Agreement; His Excellency President Mkapa’s Report on the Inter-Burundi Dialogue; Council Report on matters relating to the Republic of South Sudan; and swearing in of the new Deputy Secretary General from the Republic of Rwanda.

Media Alert

All Local and Foreign Journalists intending to

cover the 17th Extra-Ordinary Summit are alerted that the Accreditation Process will commence from the afternoon of Tuesday 6th September 2016 at the Maelezo offices (Tanzania Information Services-TIS) located on the 9th Floor of the Golden Jubilee Towers on Ohio Street in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania.

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For more information, please contact:

Mr. Tiganya Vincent

Maelezo/TIS

Tel: +255 756 927131

Email: artemony.vincent [at] habari.go.tz;

OR

Mr Owora Richard Othieno

Head, Corporate Communications and Public Affairs Department

EAC Secretariat

Arusha, Tanzania

Tel: +255 784 835021

Email: OOthieno [at] eachq.org

About the East African Community Secretariat:

The East African Community (EAC) is a regional intergovernmental organisation of five Partner States, comprising Burundi, Kenya, Rwanda, Tanzania and Uganda, with its headquarters in Arusha, Tanzania.

Source: EAC