Kampala — A decision on South Sudan's application to join the East African Community (EAC) will be made in April next year, according to a communique from the recently concluded EAC summit in the Ugandan capital, Kampala.
South Sudan applied to join the bloc shortly after attaining independence from Sudan in July 2011.
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