With Congo in the EAC, Africa's Center of Gravity Just Tilted Eastward.

At a virtual summit held Tuesday, the leaders of the East African Community's member states approved the Democratic Republic of Congo's admission into the bloc. Upon formal completion of its accession, Congo will be the largest and most populous country in the EAC, bringing a population of 90 million people into the bloc and increasing the EAC's total population to nearly 300 million. [Extracted from the article]