Enhancing Performance Auditing in Regional Economic Communities: A Case Study of the EAC

1. Introduction Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are established to achieve various goals, but almost all are established for economic purposes and to reduce, if not eliminate, all intra-trade barriers.[1] The…

The Ongoing Expansion of the EAC and the People-Centered Principle of Integration

An Introduction to the East African Community On 24 November 2023, Somalia joined the East African Community (EAC),[1] making the EAC have a total of eight partner States: Tanzania, Kenya,…

Creating Momentum for More Integrationist Judgments in African RECs: Lessons from Van Gend Decision

ANALYSIS Nelson Otieno 08 October 2021 The success of the European economic integration project has influenced similar efforts across the world. Notably, the European experience has proved that regional courts…

October 2021: Comparison of Regional Institutions – Africa and Europa

Reinventing Regional Mobility across Africa through the Single African Air Transport Market

COMMENT Louis Gitinywa 16 April 2021 After Asia, Africa is the world’s second fastest growing region. Yet across the different regional blocs[1] there are big challenges in driving sustainable growth,…

Appraisal of Legal Challenges and Intra-Regional Trade Within EAC

ANALYSIS Otieno Kennedy Abuya 02 April 2021 The East African Community (EAC) is one of the many Regional Economic Communities (RECs) in Africa. The bloc is made up of six…

COVID-19: Implications on the EAC Regional Economic Community

ANALYSIS Dr. Daniel Shayo 04 November 2020 On the 11th March 2020 the World Health Organization (WHO) declared COVID-19 to be a global pandemic. Consequently, governments worldwide were urged to…

Intergenerational Learning and Belonging in African Legal Studies: A conversation with Prof. Fareda Banda and Prof. Lea Mwambene

Introduction It is not every day that a conference opens with a work of art, but the African Legal Studies conference in Bayreuth chose to do precisely that. Marking the…

The Success Stories of ECOWAS Citizenship: A Lesson for SADC to Learn

Introduction The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) has greatly advanced the integration of the member states’ citizens compared to the Southern African Development Community (SADC). This is because…

What is Missing in the SADC Region with the Absence of the Human Rights Mandate in the SADC Tribunal?

Introduction The Southern African Development Cooperation (SADC) Tribunal is established under Article 9 of the Consolidated Text of the Treaty of the SADC (SADC Treaty). The Tribunal was launched in…