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East Africa is a diverse and geographically distinct area of the African continent, with 18 sovereign states and 4 territories. It is the cradle of modern humans and has a rich and complex history of trade, migration, and culture.
Learn about the prehistory, ancient history, colonial period, and post-colonial period of East Africa, a region of Africa bordered by the Indian Ocean and the Sahara Desert. Explore the geography, climate, culture, and politics of East Africa and its countries.
The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation of eight countries in East Africa that aims to foster regional economic integration. The EAC was founded in 1967, collapsed in 1977, and was revived in 2000, and has plans to launch a monetary union and a regional constitution.
The East African Federation (Swahili: Shirikisho la Afrika Mashariki) is a proposed federal sovereign state consisting of the eight member states of East African Community in the African Great Lakes region – Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Kenya, Rwanda, Somalia, South Sudan, Tanzania and Uganda. [6]
The East African Rift is an active continental rift zone where the African Plate is splitting into two microplates, the Somali Plate and the Nubian Plate. It hosts many of the African Great Lakes and has a complex geologic evolution with competing theories on mantle plumes and superplumes.
East African Rift Valley East Africa with active volcanoes (red triangles) and the Afar Triangle (shaded, center)—a triple junction where three plates are pulling away from one another. This Envisat radar image captures volcanoes dotted across the landscape in Tanzania, including the distinctive Ol Doinyo Lengai (at lower left), in the Great ...
A British protectorate in the African Great Lakes from 1895 to 1920, covering the area of present-day Kenya. It was administered by the Foreign Office, the Colonial Office and the East Africa Syndicate, and faced conflicts with local tribes and colonial powers.
Learn about the history, structure, and functions of the EALA, the legislative arm of the East African Community. Find out the names and political parties of the elected members of the current and past assemblies.