East Africa: Chaos As Ex-EAC Workers Protest

Hundreds of former employees of the defunct East African Community (EAC) yesterday disrupted traffic and clashed with riot police in Dar es Salaam as they protest the non-payment of their retirement benefits.

The retirees blocked the busy intersection of Ali Hassan Mwinyi and United Nations roads during a demonstration called to pressure the Government to pay their claims totalling billions of shillings.

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