This diary is updated weekly and new or updated items are marked with an asterisk.
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THURSDAY, JULY 17
KAMPALA - Uganda hosts the 5th East African Business Summit. To July 19.
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SUNDAY, AUGUST 31
SOMALILAND, Somalia - Presidential elections.
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SEPTEMBER/OCTOBER
RWANDA - Rwanda to hold its second post-genocide legislative elections.
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WEDNESDAY, SEPTEMBER 3
KAMPALA - World Agricultural Forum's Regional Congress titled "By Africa, For Africa: Creating Wealth Through Investing in Agriculture." Ends Sept. 5.
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NOVEMBER
TANZANIA - African finance ministers to meet with the International Monetary Fund to compare notes on their experience working with the donor organisation and chart a way forward.
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DECEMBER
A customs union for the 19-member Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa trade bloc comes into effect.
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FEBRUARY 12, 2009
KIGALI - Rwanda hosts the sixth Eastern African Fine Coffees Association specialty coffees conference and exhibition. Ends on Feb 14.
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FEBRUARY 24
KAMPALA - The World Agricultural Forum's World Congress to be held in Africa, the first time it is held outside the United States due to heavy interest in Africa.
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MARCH 2009
NAIROBI - Kenya hosts the fourth East African Petroleum Conference.
AUGUST, 2009
Kenya holds national census.
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