#Health— The vaccine is expected to save thousands of lives and reduce the burden of malaria in these countries. It was developed by British drugmaker @GSK and is being administered by @gavi , @WHO, and @UNICEF. #Regionweek

#Health— The 12 countries that will receive the vaccine are #Benin, #BurkinaFaso, #Burundi, #Cameroon, the #DRC, #Ghana, #Kenya, #Liberia, #Malawi, #Niger, #SierraLeone, and #Uganda. #EAC #News

#Health— #Burundi one of the twelve African countries, has been allocated 18 million doses of the first-ever malaria vaccine known as RTS, S over the next two years. #Burundi #Abatwip

#Security— ATMIS withdrew 2,000 troops by June 30 and will draw down another 3,000 by September in compliance with the UN Security Council Resolutions 2628 and 2670. #Regionweek

#Security— The Ministry of Defense said the Federal Government of #Somalia welcomes resolution 2687 and will work closely with @ATMIS and its international partners for the timely implementation of the resolution. #EAC #News

#Security— The #Somali government confirmed on Tuesday, July 4, 2023, that it has taken over the security responsibilities of 2,000 African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (@ATMIS_Somalia ) troops in some parts of the country. #Burundi #Abatwip

#Economy— @Africa50Infra is an investment platform established by African governments and the @AfDB_Group to mobilize financing for mega infrastructure projects with significant development impact. #Regionweek

#Economy— During the meeting, Prominent African & global institutional investors attending the meeting signed subscription agreements and letters of intent to commit funds to the $500 million African Infrastructure Acceleration Fund. #EAC #News

#Economy— @Africa50Infra has invested in critical infrastructure with over $6.6 billion, @AfDB_Group President @akin_adesina said on Monday during the Africa50 Infra Forum and General Shareholders Meeting in #Togo’s capital Lomé. #Burundi #Abatwip

#Tourism— The tourism sector is one of the leading foreign exchanges. Tourist arrivals stood at 1.48 million in 2022, a 70 percent increase as compared to 2021. This earned Kenya 1.90 billion U.S. dollars, up from 1.02 billion dollars in 2021. #Regionweek