28 Jul 2026 Gitega (Burundi) Burundi Times. Burundi exports 1,235 tonnes of critical minerals in just two weeks, highlighting strong demand for its mining sector and the government’s efforts to boost mineral exports;

28 Jul 2026 Antananarivo (Madagascar) L’Express. World Bank executive director Harold Tavares is visiting Madagascar to meet with senior government officials and inspect World Bank-funded projects in sectors including water, energy and urban development, with the aim of assessing their impact and discussing the country’s development priorities;

28 Jul 2026 Kinshasa (DRC) Reuters. Ebola surveillance teams in eastern DRC are struggling to contain a rapidly growing outbreak due to shortages of vehicles, underreporting by clinics, delayed responses and public mistrust, allowing infections to spread before they are detected;

28 Jul 2026 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Borkena. Ethiopia and the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM) co-host the African Logistics and Communications Symposium in Addis Ababa, bringing together military leaders from across the continent to strengthen regional defence cooperation and address evolving security threats;

27 Jul 2026 Gitega (Burundi) Burundi Times. A China-funded solar education project implemented with United Nations Children’s Fund (UNICEF) will improve electricity, water, sanitation and learning facilities at schools in Burundi, benefiting more than 9,000 learners by creating better learning environments for students and teachers;

27 Jul 2026 Kinshasa (DRC) La Prosperite. Prime minister Judith Suminwa Tuluka visits Ebola treatment and response facilities in Rwampara and Mongbwalu, reaffirming government support for patients and frontline health workers while donating vehicles to strengthen the response;

27 Jul 2026 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Borkena. Delegates from Ethiopia’s ruling Prosperity Party are reportedly divided during the national dialogue over Addis Ababa’s future status, with competing proposals to keep the city under the federal government or place it under the Oromia regional administration;

27 Jul 2026 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) The Citizen. President Samia Suluhu Hassan swears in newly appointed senior officials in Zanzibar, urging public leaders to uphold integrity and avoid favouritism in their duties;

27 Jul 2026 Antananarivo (Madagascar) L’Express. China and Madagascar reaffirm their military partnership, with both countries pledging to expand cooperation in defence training, experience sharing and technical support to strengthen the capabilities of the Malagasy Armed Forces;

27 Jul 2026 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) The Citizen. Finance minister Khamis Mussa Omar announces that Tanzania raised TZS 263 billion ($100m) through its first offshore bond listed on the London Stock Exchange (United Kingdom), denominated in Tanzanian shillings;

26 Jul 2026 Kinshasa (DRC) La Prosperite. The opposition Congo Positif elects Dieudonné Nkishi as its president for a seven-year term during the party’s national congress, with Nkishi winning 267 of 270 delegate votes;

26 Jul 2026 Nairobi (Kenya) Daily Nation. Energy cabinet secretary Opiyo Wandayi reports Kenya’s fuel import bill reached a record KSh 122.4 billion ($949m) in May, reflecting the continued high cost of petroleum imports;

25 Jul 2026 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Borkena. National Bank of Ethiopia (central bank) warns the public that the use, purchase, sale, transfer and trading of virtual assets, including cryptocurrencies, are prohibited unless explicitly authorised, citing risks such as fraud, cyber threats, market manipulation and financial losses;

24 Jul 2026 Djibouti (Djibouti) Al Jazeera. Shipping insurance costs surge as conflict in the Strait of Hormuz and a Houthi blockade in the Bab al-Mandeb Strait have disrupted global maritime trade, driving up the cost and risk of using these critical shipping routes, directly affecting Djibouti, which sits on the Bab al-Mandeb Strait and relies heavily on maritime trade and port services;

23 Jul 2026 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Daily Nation. Somali pirates seize control of a Tanzanian fuel tanker travelling from Yemen in a renewed act of piracy affecting maritime security in the region;

23 Jul 2026 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Africa Confidential. Prime minister Abiy Ahmed is reportedly seeking to use the National Dialogue Conference, which opened on 15 July, as a platform to begin reshaping the country’s ethnic federal system, marking what could be the most significant constitutional reform since the 1990s;