21 Jan 2025 Kinshasa (DRC) Al Jazeera. Authorities report M23 rebels have seized Minova (South Kivu Province), a key supply route town for provincial capital Goma;

21 Jan 2025 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Addis Insight. Ethiopian Coffee and Tea Authority reports coffee exports reached 240,260 tonnes over the last six months, earning $988m in revenue;

20 Jan 2025 Kinshasa (DRC) Actualite. Justice minister Constant Mutamba announces a judicial investigation into the management of Central Bank of Congo (BCC) and state-owned Gécamines after a report identified that at least $315m was embezzled from Gécamines between 2012 and 2020;

20 Jan 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Africa CDC. President Samia Suluhu Hassan officially confirms a Marburg virus outbreak in Tanzania with one confirmed case and 25 suspected cases in Kagera Region;

19 Jan 2025 Djibouti (Djibouti) The Eastleigh Voice. President Ismail Omar Guelleh condemns the ongoing violence in Sudan, calling for accountability, restraint and an inclusive dialogue to resolve the crisis;

19 Jan 2025 Kinshasa (DRC) Jeune Afrique. Residents report that M23 rebels have seized control of the mining town Lumbishi (South Kivu Province);

19 Jan 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) The Citizen. President Samia Suluhu Hassan confirms that vice president Philip Mpango has requested to step down from his role but that he will serve until the general election later this year;

19 Jan 2024 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) The Citizen. Ruling Chama Cha Mapinduzi (CCM) endorses President Samia Suluhu Hassan and Zanzibar’s President Ali Hassan Mwinyi as its flagbearers for the general election later this year;

18 Jan 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Times Live. Kenya sends an additional 200 police officers to Haiti to provide backup for its peacekeeping mission;

17 Jan 2025 Kigali (Rwanda) France24. Outgoing United States (US) assistant secretary of state for African affairs Molly Phee says the US proposed to extend its Lobito Corridor project into eastern DRC as an incentive for a peace deal but that Rwanda backed away from the deal;

16 Jan 2025 Djibouti (Djibouti) Mail & Guardian. Foreign minister Mahamoud Ali Youssouf, who is vying for the African Union Commission (AUC) chairmanship, criticises African leaders for failing to take decisive action to end the continent’s conflicts;

16 Jan 2025 Kinshasa (DRC) Radio Okapi. President Felix Tshisekedi nominates new leaders for the constitutional court and council of state, including Moke Mayele as attorney general of the constitutional court;

16 Jan 2025 Djibouti (Djibouti) Ethiopian Monitor. Ethio-Djibouti Railway CEO Takele Uma says the railway has turned a profit for the first time in its seven-year history;

16 Jan 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Reuters. Health minister Jenista Mhagama says no one in the country has tested positive for Marburg virus despite World Health Organisation (WHO) reports that eight people have died from the virus;

15 Jan 2025 Kigali (Rwanda) AFP. Rwanda backtracks on claims it has found its first oil reserve in Lake Kivu, reporting instead that it is still in an exploratory phase and seeking partners;