Date:  02/12/2025  (11:30 UTC+01:00) Where?  Tanzania: Dar es Salaam, Arusha, Mwanza, Dodoma (and possibly more cities) What happened?  Recently, it was announced that Tanzania will cancel its celebration for its 64th Independence Day, held on  09/12/2025 . The official reason is that the money for the festivities is needed to rebuild infrastructure damaged during the post-election protests that swept the nation in early November. The decision appears to have deeper political

Date:  27/11/2025  (12:00 UTC+01:00) Where?  Guinea-Bissau; Bissau What happened?  On 23/11/2025 , the West-African nation Guinea-Bissau held presidential and legislative elections. If the incumbent Umaro Sissoco Embaló would manage to become re-elected, he would be the first president in Guinea-Bissau to do so in about three decades.  Tensions surrounding the elections had been simmering for a while. On 31/10/2025 , a group of senior officers in the country’s army was arrest

Date:   13/10/2025 (15:00 UTC+2) Where?  Madagascar; Antananarivo, Toamasina, Antsirabe, Toliara, Antsiranana, Mahajanga What happened?  On 13/10/2025 , it was reported that the President of Madagascar, Andry Rajoelina, had been flown out of the country on board a French military aircraft following a deal with President Macron.  This latest development follows weeks of civil unrest and protest all over the island nation, with people calling for Rajoelina’s resignation.  It al

Report date:  01/10/2025 What happened?  On 15/08/2025, Mali’s junta announced it had detained a French national accused of spying for...

Date:   23/09/2025 What happened?  On 22/09/2025 , a treason trial began against the Vice President of South Sudan, Riek Machar. Machar...

Date:  01/09/2025  Where:  The Gambia and coastal waters Who’s involved: Gambian Government, local fishermen and fishing communities,...

Date:   12/08/2025 (14:00 GMT+2) Where?  Mali What happened?  On 11/08/2025 , it was reported that Malian authorities had arrested two...