 And that's all the parts of Africa. The Democratic Republic of Congo is expected to join the East African community today in a bid to boost its trade, social cohesion, and security. The official ceremony will be had virtually followed by a summit to inaugurate the EAC's new Member State, a bordering five member states of the organization, Tanzania, Burundi, Rwanda, Uganda, and South Sudan. The DRC was assessed from June 25 to July 5 on its level of compliance with the organization. Similarly, the DRC and Tanzania control almost equally almost all of Lake Tanganyika. As early as June 2019, Kinshasa had expressed its willingness to join the organization in the letter to Paul Kagami, then current chair of the EAC Heads of State Summit.