One of the less publicized provisions of the East African Treaty for Co-operation, Article 29 provides in a very general way for co-operation and co·irsultation among the partner states on a number of matters that can potentially affect the efficient operation of the common market. Subsection (b) of that Article provides that "the Counsel to the Community shall advise the Partner States on, and...

A combined population genetic and reproductive analysis was undertaken to compare free-ranging cheetahs from east Africa (Acinonyx jubatus raineyi) with the genetically impoverished and reproductively impaired south African subspecies (Acinonyx jubatus jubatus). Like that of their south African counterparts, the quality of semen specimens from east African cheetahs was poor, with a low concentr...

East Africa is made up of Kenya, Uganda and Tanzania, all previous colonies of and Tanzania, all previous colonies of the British Empire which attained their the British Empire which attained their independence in the early 1960s. At the independence in the early 1960s. At the time of independence, the East African time of independence, the East African community held the three countries to-com...

Decadal variability of the East African precipitation during the season of March–May (long rains) is examined and the performance of a series of models in simulating the observed features is assessed. Observational results show that the drying trend of the long rains is associated with decadal natural variability associated with sea surface temperature (SST) variations over the Pacific Ocean. E...

Maize is the main staple crop in the East African Mountains. Understanding how the edaphic characteristics change along altitudinal gradients is important for maximizing maize production in East African Highlands, which are the key maize production areas in the region. This study evaluated and compared the levels of some macro and micro-elements (Al, Ca, Fe, K, Mg, Mn, Na and P) and other soil ...

The cichlid fishes of the East African Great Lakes are the largest extant vertebrate radiation identified to date. These lakes and their surrounding waters support over 2,000 species of cichlid fish, many of which are descended from a single common ancestor within the past 10 Ma. The extraordinary East African cichlid diversity is intricately linked to the highly variable geologic and paleoclim...

Malaysia experienced the first outbreak of chikungunya (CHIK) in Klang in late 1998 due to CHIK virus of Asian genotype. The CHIK virus of Asian genotype reemerged causing outbreak in Bangan Panchor, Perak in March 2006. CHIK virus of Central/East African genotype was first detected from a patient who returned from India in August 2006. In December 2006, CHIK virus of Central/East African genot...

Christopher C. Heffner, Laura C. Dilley, J. Devin McAuley, and Mark A. Pitt Department of Linguistics and Germanic, Slavic, Asian and African Languages, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA Department of Psychology, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA Department of Communicative Sciences and Disorders, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA Department of Psych...

Africa presents the most complex genetic picture of any continent, with a time depth for mitochondrial DNA (mtDNA) lineages >100,000 years. The most recent widespread demographic shift within the continent was most probably the Bantu dispersals, which archaeological and linguistic evidence suggest originated in West Africa 3,000-4,000 years ago, spreading both east and south. Here, we have carr...