Tag: East Africa
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🇹🇿 Minexpo Tanzania 2026 to Bring Global Mining Technology and Heavy Machinery to Dar es Salaam
Minexpo Tanzania 2026 will bring mining companies, technology providers, equipment manufacturers and investors from more than 20 countries to Dar es Salaam from 28–30 October, showcasing the machinery and innovations shaping Africa’s mining future.
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🇪🇹 U.S. Calls for Restraint as Ethiopia–Eritrea Tensions Escalate
The United States is urging Ethiopia and Eritrea to exercise maximum restraint and return to dialogue as reported fighting in Ethiopia’s Tigray region raises concerns about a wider Horn of Africa conflict. The Panafrican.email intelligence assessment remains low confidence and unverified pending independent confirmation.
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🇨🇩 DRC Seeks to Revive Oil Exploration at Lake Albert as Kinshasa Looks Toward Uganda and China
The Democratic Republic of Congo is seeking to revive oil exploration on its side of Lake Albert after roughly 15 years of stalled development. President Félix Tshisekedi’s government is looking toward closer cooperation with Uganda and China as Kinshasa attempts to unlock the region’s petroleum potential and connect eastern Congo to wider energy and infrastructure…
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🇬🇭 Africa’s Organised Crime Index 2025: 23 Countries Face High Criminality and Weak Resilience
The 2025 Africa Organised Crime Index finds that organised crime has expanded across the continent since 2019 while resilience has weakened. Twenty-three African countries face the combination of high criminality and low resilience, with financial crime, trafficking, resource crime, counterfeit goods and arms trafficking among the continent’s most pervasive criminal markets.
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🇪🇹 Ethiopia Celebrates Meskel as Northern Tensions Raise Fears of Renewed Conflict
Ethiopia celebrated Meskel in Addis Ababa amid renewed concerns over security in the country’s north. Tens of thousands gathered for the traditional Demera ceremony as religious and government leaders called for national unity and peaceful coexistence following reports of renewed fighting and rising tensions.
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🇪🇹 Ethiopia’s Armed Groups Realign as Fighting Returns to Tigray
Ethiopia is facing its most serious security escalation since the 2020–2022 Tigray war. Seven armed movements—including the TPLF, Amhara Fano and Oromo Liberation Army—have announced a new alliance, while fighting has returned to Tigray and spread toward Amhara and Afar. With civilians facing renewed displacement, shortages and disrupted transport, the unfolding crisis could reshape Ethiopia’s…
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🇸🇩 RSF Captures Strategic Army Position in Sudan’s Blue Nile as Fighting Intensifies Along Ethiopian Border
BLUE NILE, SUDAN — Sudan’s war is opening another dangerous front along the country’s southeastern border, where the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied fighters have captured a strategic Sudanese army position near Kurmuk following days of heavy fighting. RSF forces said they seized Jabal Kadam, in the Bakori area east of Kurmuk, on Wednesday…
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🇺🇬 Succession Dispute Erupts in Uganda’s Tooro Kingdom
Royal succession crisis: A bitter succession dispute has emerged in Uganda’s historic Tooro Kingdom following the death of King Oyo Nyimba, raising questions over who will lead the kingdom into its next chapter.
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🇷🇼How to Start a Business in Rwanda as a Foreigner: 100% Ownership, Taxes, Documents and Capital Requirements
KIGALI, RWANDA — Rwanda has positioned itself as one of Africa’s most business-friendly destinations for international entrepreneurs, investors and companies looking to establish operations on the continent. For foreign entrepreneurs, one of the country’s biggest advantages is that 100% foreign ownership is permitted in companies registered in Rwanda. Contrary to a common misconception, a foreign…
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🇺🇬 King Oyo of Tooro Dies at 34 as Kingdom Confirms Prince Will Inherit the Crown
FORT PORTAL, UGANDA — The Kingdom of Tooro is mourning the death of its long-serving monarch, King Oyo Nyimba Kabamba Iguru Rukiidi IV, who died on Thursday, August 27, 2026, at the age of 34. The announcement was made by Tooro Kingdom Prime Minister Calvin Armstrong Rwomiire Akiiki, who said the Omukama died at approximately…