18 Nov 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) The Citizen. President Samia Suluhu Hassan establishes a commission to investigate post-election violence, focusing on the causes and circumstances behind the unrest;

25 Nov 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Bloomberg. The World Jurists Association and the Madrid Bar Association have asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged mass killings during a crackdown on post-election protests in Tanzania last month;

25 Nov 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) The Citizen. Bank of Tanzania’s (central bank) consolidated zonal economic performance report shows that Tanzania’s mineral sector is approaching $1 billion in output, driven by surges in gold and diamond production;

25 Nov 2025 Kampala (Uganda) Monitor. Electoral Commission of Uganda preliminary data show that 128 women will contest against men for direct election as members of parliament in the 15 January 2026 polls;

25 Nov 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Daily Nation. East Africa is on track to become a major steel exporter following the launch of the Devki Mega Steel Project in Tororo (Uganda) inaugurated by President William Ruto and Uganda’s President Yoweri Museveni;

24 Nov 2025 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Addis Standard. National Bank of Ethiopia’s latest annual report indicates that Ethiopia’s shift to a market-based exchange rate has triggered an unprecedented birr depreciation—over 200% in 15 months—driving sharp imported inflation, soaring production costs, and pressure on households;

24 Nov 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Reuters. Former British soldier Robert Purkiss, wanted in Kenya over the murder of a woman near a British army training camp more than a dozen years ago, is refused bail pending extradition proceedings;

24 Nov 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Daily Nation. World Bank raises Kenya’s 2025 economic growth forecast to 4.9%, reflecting improved performance in key sectors;

24 Nov 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Reuters. Chief government spokesperson Gerson Msigwa reports that Tanzania will begin construction of the long-delayed Bagamoyo port in December, starting with 14 of 28 planned berths and aiming to handle ships carrying up to 25,000 containers;

24 Nov 2025 Tororo (Uganda) Monitor. President Yoweri Museveni and Kenya’s President William Ruto inaugurate the Devki Steel Factory in Tororo, a project expected to create over 15,000 jobs across both countries;

22 Nov 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Daily Nation. Kenya Motor Industry Association reports that Chinese vehicle sales are rapidly rising in Kenya, with their actual market share exceeding 7.46%;

21 Nov 2025 Kinshasa (DRC) United Nations. The United Nations (UN) says that Islamist Allied Democratic Forces (IDF) have killed at least 89 people in multiple attacks in the eastern DRC in the past week;

21 Nov 2025 Kinshasa (DRC) Al Jazeera. Following a visit to Rwanda, Qatari Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani visits the DRC, days after the government and the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group signed a framework agreement for a peace deal aimed at ending fighting in the country’s east;

21 Nov 2025 Kigali (Rwanda) New York Times. British football club Arsenal announces that it has mutually agreed to end its eight-year relationship with the Rwanda Development Board in June 2026, following considerable scrutiny due to multiple human rights groups accusing the Rwandan government of serial abuses;

20 Nov 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Daily Nation. Treasury principal secretary Chris Kiptoo says Kenya aims to reduce its budget deficit to 4.9% of GDP in the 2026/27 fiscal year;

20 Nov 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Bloomberg. South Africa’s Vodacom Group is reportedly in talks with Kenya about potentially acquiring part of the government’s stake in Safaricom;

20 Nov 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) The Citizen. President Samia Suluhu Hassan launches a commission to investigate the 29 October unrest, urging it to uncover the forces responsible and provide a clear account of what triggered the disturbances;

20 Nov 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Reuters. China signs a $1.4-billion agreement with Zambia and Tanzania to modernise the TAZARA railway linking landlocked Zambia to the Indian Ocean;

19 Nov 2025 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Borkena. Canada updates its travel advisory for Ethiopia advising its citizens to avoid non-essential travel due to civil unrest, armed conflict, violence, and crime, particularly in northern, central and border regions;

19 Nov 2025 Kinshasa (DRC) Heineken. Dutch brewer Heineken agrees to transfer its brewery in Bukavu (South Kivu Province) to Mauritian company Synergy Ventures Holdings for €1 ($1.15), after losing operational control of the facility earlier this year;
19 Nov 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Daily Nation. Safaricom plans to raise KSh40 billion ($308m) through its largest-ever corporate bond, aiming to strengthen its financial position and support business growth;

19 Nov 2025 Asmara (Eritrea) Reuters. Prosecutors in the Netherlands ask judges to convict an Eritrean suspect, 42-year-old Amanuel Walid (known as Tewelde Goitom), accused of being a notorious trafficker who tortured African refugees and migrants, and to sentence him to 20 years in prison;

19 Nov 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) The Citizen. President Samia Suluhu Hassan appoints Bakari Steven Machumu, former managing director of Mwananchi Communications Limited, as State House communications chief;

19 Nov 2025 Kampala (Uganda) Reuters. Uganda Petroleum Authority CEO Ernest Rubondo states that roughly 75% of the $5-billion East African Crude Oil Pipeline (EACOP), which will transport Ugandan crude to Tanzania’s Tanga port, is complete, with full production from Uganda’s Albertine Rift oilfields targeted for mid-2026;

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