Trade in the East African Community Trade in the East African Community African nations have been riddled with poverty since they have gained their independence. Countries of the East African Community (EAC) have had no different fate. These countries include Kenya, Tanzania, Burundi, Uganda, Rwanda, and South Sudan. These nations fall below par in different measures of economic activities such as GDP per capita, population below poverty line, unemployment, and trade. The East African Community has made an effort to bolster trade through enhancing co-operation economically, socially, and politically within the member nations.. "The aim of EAC is to gradually establish among themselves a Customs Union,
East African springhare in an extensive system of burrows. It lives in semiarid grassland habitats. The diet is the green parts of plants, roots and other vegetable matter, and occasionally insects. East African springhare The East African springhare ("Pedetes surdaster"), is not closely related to the hare, but is a member of the Pedetidae, a rodent family. "Pedetes surdaster" was recognised by Matthee and Robinson in 1997 as a species distinct from the southern African springhare "(P. capensis)" based on genetic, morphological, and ethological differences. "P. capensis" from South Africa has fewer chromosomes (2n= 38) than does "P. surdaster" which has (2n =