26 May 2026 Kinshasa (DRC) BBC. Ituri Province’s military governor Johnny Luboya Nkashama calls for an urgent international response to contain the rapidly expanding Ebola outbreak, which has caused 223 deaths and over 900 suspected cases;

26 May 2026 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Borkena. Renewed border clashes erupt along the boundaries of the Oromia and Sidama regions, affecting districts in the East Sidama and Arsi zones;

26 May 2026 Nairobi (Kenya) Daily Nation. United States (US) urges Kenyan lawmakers to pass the Strategic Goods and Control Bill, 2026, stating that the legislation is necessary for the country to fulfil its international obligations;

26 May 2026 Kigali (Rwanda) La Prosperite. Rwanda signs a civil nuclear cooperation memorandum of understanding with the United States (US) to integrate Small Modular Reactors (SMRs) into its energy mix by 2035;

25 May 2026 Nairobi (Kenya) BBC. Police chief, Douglas Kanja Kirocho, orders a reshuffle of President William Ruto‘s security team after a man breached multiple protective layers to briefly embrace the president at a public event;

25 May 2026 Kampala (Uganda) Reuters. Uganda’s health ministry confirms two new Ebola cases involving Ugandan healthcare workers in Kampala, raising the country’s total case count to seven;

25 May 2026 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) The Citizen. Outgoing World Bank country director Nathan Belete meets with President Samia Suluhu Hassan to praise the country’s recent economic advancements;

25 May 2026 Kampala (Uganda) Monitor. Bank of Uganda (central bank) data reveals that driven by an explosion in gold trade, Tanzania has overtaken China and Kenya to become Uganda’s top source of imports, with trade in precious metals and jewellery reaching Ush 16.65 trillion ($4.46 billion), redrawing the region’s economic map;

24 May 2026 Djibouti (Djibouti) Dawan Africa. During talks in Addis Ababa (Ethiopia), foreign affairs and international cooperation minister, Abdoulkader Houssein Omar, delivers a message from President Ismail Omar Guelleh to Ethiopia’s prime minister Abiy Ahmed, focusing on strengthening the two nations’ economic and security ties;

22 May 2026 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) BBC. The United States (US) sanctions senior Tanzanian police official Faustine Jackson Mafwele over credible allegations of human rights violations, including the detention and sexual torture of East African rights activists last year;

21 May 2026 Kinshasa (DRC) AFP. Protestors in Ituri Province set an Ebola treatment centre on fire after being denied access to the bodies of relatives who died from the disease;

21 May 2026 Nairobi (Kenya) Reuters. Following deadly protests and a two-day public transport strike over soaring living costs, President William Ruto announces a government cut to diesel prices by KSh 10 ($0.08) for the upcoming June–July cycle;

21 May 2026 Kampala (Uganda) Bloomberg. Information minister Chris Baryomunsi urges the United States (US) and other global partners to reverse deep cuts to health funding, warning that the financial pullback hampers efforts to contain imported Ebola cases from the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC);