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The authorities in the Somalia has become a full member of the East African Community (EAC) after completing all the steps required to gain complete membership of the regional bloc.
Central African Republic (CAR) have detained a prominent government critic as The EAC secretariat on Monday shared on X, formerly Twitter, that Somalia had gained full membership "after depositing her Instrument of Ratification with the Secretary General" of the bloc.
he attempted to travel outside the country. The instrument of ratification is a formal document issued by a country, in which it agrees to be bound by a treaty.
Crépin Mboli-Goumba - the leader of the Republican Bloc for the Defence of the Constitution (BRDC) - was arrested alongside his wife on Sunday at the main airport in the capital, Bangui. Last November, the heads of state of the other EAC member states agreed to admit Somalia into the bloc.
Local media say Mr Mboli-Goumba and his wife were headed to Douala, Cameroon, for medical reasons. Somalia becomes the eighth member of the EAC after Burundi, the Democratic Republic of Congo, Kenya, South Sudan, Tanzania, Rwanda and Uganda.
Mr Mboli-Goumba's wife was released, but the politician remains in custody. The move is intended to boost economic growth in the country, which is still recovering from three decades of war.
The reason for his arrest is unknown, but private Oubangui Medias website reported that he had been targeted by the judiciary after he spoke of a “legal More BBC stories from Somalia:
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Mr Mboli-Goumba accused Minister of
State Arnaud Djoubaye Abazene of interfering in the dispute.
Mr Mboli-Goumba is a
fierce critic of the government of President Faustin Archange Touadera and has repeatedly criticised the presence of Russian mercenary firm Wagner Group in the country.
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