Julius Barigaba (the EastAfrican)—Uncertainty still hangs over Uganda’s accession to the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (Comesa) Customs Union, which is only five months away.
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Kevin Kelley (the EastAfrican)—The United States and the East African Community signed a trade agreement last week that could eventually lead to greater access to the two sides’ respective markets.
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Abdulai Bayraytay (Concord Times)—There is a scaring political trend unfolding in the recent post-colonial history of sub-Saharan Africa that if left unchecked will replace the heinous trend of social movements of rebel wars and guerilla warfare resorted to by losing politicians after they would have lost elections. And this drift is the scandalously nauseating power sharing gimmick of giving some concessions to the opposition, banking on the false premise that this would serve as a quick panacea to negotiate post-election disagreements.
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The Namibian—A seminar on the implications of global climate change for sustainable agricultural production in African, Caribbean and Pacific (ACP) countries will be held in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso, in October.
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