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COVID-19 will test East African unity

Content type:: Expert Briefings
Location:: EAST AFRICA
Keywords associated with this article:: Geographic: East Africa AF Burundi Kenya Rwanda South Sudan Tanzania Uganda

Topical: economy international relations politics social emergency foreign policy foreign trade health integration policy regional
ISSN:: 2633-304X
Citation:: Oxford Analytica (2020), "COVID-19 will test East African unity", Expert Briefings.
https://doi.org/10.1108/OXAN-DB253937

Wednesday, July 15, 2020

Significance

However, it also faces a crisis moment as the COVID-19 pandemic tests regional bonds, exposes the bloc’s weaknesses and threatens to spill over into a wider regional political crisis.

Impacts

New non-tariff barriers adopted to curb the virus’s spread may have a lasting effect on intra-regional trade partnerships.
Doubts over the bloc’s relevance on other political and economic issues will increase.
Joint regional infrastructure projects will suffer amid political tensions and funding constraints.

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