East African Community expands with the recent addition of DRC

Congo's President and Chairperson of the African Union Felix-Antoine Tshisekedi Tshilombo during the 76th Session of the UN General Assembly in 2021. © AP - JUSTIN LANE

The East African Community’s (EAC) membership has grown to seven with the official admission of the Democratic Republic of Congo as a new member. The other members are Kenya, Tanzania, Uganda, Rwanda, Burundi, and South Sudan.

The landlocked central African nation of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), with 40 kilometers of coastline on the Atlantic Ocean, has been admitted to the EAC.