AGP Executive Report
Last update: 13 minutes agoEAC Ebola Response: East African Community health ministers agreed to harmonise Ebola surveillance and protective measures at airports, ports and land borders, and to set up a regional technical taskforce to coordinate the response as the Bundibugyo-strain outbreak in DRC and Uganda raises cross-border transmission fears. Germany Funding: Germany’s KfW pledged €1m (Ksh150m) to support mobile laboratories, diagnostic supplies and lab training across the region. Burundi Rights & Diplomacy: An open letter urges Burundi’s president not to extradite Congolese researcher Babunga Benjamin Watuna to the DRC, citing risks of politically motivated prosecution and rights violations. AU Integration Meeting: Burundi’s ambassador to Ethiopia Willy Nyamitwe took part in the AU Permanent Representatives Committee opening session in Addis Ababa, ahead of major AU-RCE coordination talks. Mining & Energy Policy: Uganda’s energy regulator push to expand regional energy regulators’ mandate to include mining highlights the growing critical-minerals push across East Africa. Trade & Infrastructure: Kenya’s KeNHA started feasibility work for a Ksh130bn Mau Summit–Eldoret–Malaba highway PPP, aimed at boosting links with Burundi and the wider region.
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