KENYA

UDA has exhausted and wasted Kenya, Gachagua says

Nearly six months after his impeachment, former Deputy President Rigathi Gachagua on Monday finally resigned from President William Ruto’s United Democratic Alliance (UDA) party.

In a strongly worded letter to the UDA Secretary-General, which he also shared on his social media accounts, the former DP detailed his disappointment with a party he’d believed in but turned out to be “the most dangerous political moment” for Kenyans, saying its retrogressive philosophy is unfit to rule the country.

(Citizen)

UGANDA

Uganda elections: Bobi Wine to run for president again

Ugandan opposition leader Bobi Wine (Robert Kyagulanyi) has announced he will run for president again in the upcoming 2026 elections, scheduled for January. The 43-year-old will challenge long-serving President Yoweri Museveni, who is expected to seek re-election at the age of 80.

If elected, Wine says his top priorities will include restoring political freedoms, combating corruption, and addressing the regime’s abuses of power.

(AfricaNews)

TANZANIA

Tanzania arrests opposition official travelling to political conference

Amani Golugwa, a senior member of Chadema, was arrested at Julius Nyerere International Airport on Monday, his party wrote on X.

Tanzanian police confirmed his arrest in a post on their Instagram account, writing that Golugwa “has a habit of leaving and returning to the country without following the proper legal procedures.”

Golugwa was due to represent his party in Brussels at a forum organised by the International Democracy Union, a grouping of centre-right parties to which Chadema belongs, and which also counts the British conservatives and U.S. republicans as members. “The IDU strongly condemns the unlawful arrest and assault of Chadema’s Golugwa,” the organisation posted on X. “Silencing opposition voices violates the core of democracy. We call for his immediate release.”

(Reuters)

RWANDA

Boundary errors, land disputes targeted in Rwf 2.2bn plan

The government is set to allocate Rwf 2.2 billion to rectify land boundary errors and fully automate land services on the Irembo platform, as part of a broader national initiative aimed at mitigating land disputes and streamlining land administration.

The initiative, which targets 825 villages across the country, comes amid persistent challenges in land demarcation, particularly due to the use of inconsistent mapping technologies during earlier phases of land registration.

Speaking to the Parliamentary Committee on State Budget and Patrimony on May 13, the Minister of Environment, Valentine Uwamariya, stated that the National Land Authority (NLA) had assessed the situation and confirmed the need for large-scale corrections.

The plan includes deploying 10 GPS stations nationwide to enhance accuracy, with land boundary corrections expected to achieve a margin of error within 1–5 cm.

(The New Times)

ETHIOPIA

Election board strips TPLF of political party status

The months-long dispute between the National Election Board of Ethiopia (NEBE) and the Tigray People’s Liberation Front (TPLF) has culminated in a decision to revoke the party’s federal recognition.

The decision, announced in a statement from the board, follows the end of a three-month suspension levied on TPLF for failing to hold a federally recognised general assembly and elect its leaders within the six-month window granted to it when it was officially reinstated under “special circumstances” in August 2024.

The statement issued this week accuses the party of failing to take corrective measures during the suspension and states that the TPLF’s status as a political party has been revoked as of May 13, 2025.

The impact of this decision on the Pretoria Agreement and the Tigray Interim Administration (TIA) remains to be seen.

(The Reporter)

SUDAN 

Drone strikes hit Omdurman power plants, trigger Khartoum blackouts

Drone strikes targeted three power stations in Omdurman on Wednesday night, resulting in widespread electricity outages in large parts of the capital, Khartoum.

Power infrastructure in Omdurman, which lies across the Nile from Khartoum, has been repeatedly damaged by drones in attacks the government blames on the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army since April 2023.

The State-owned Sudanese Electricity Distribution Company issued a brief statement, stating that its Al-Markhiyat power transformer station, the Military College distribution transformer station, and the Al-Mahdia distribution transformer station had been targeted by drone attacks.

(Sudan Tribune)

SOMALIA

Farmaajo accuses President Hassan Sheikh of constitutional violations, warns of rising political crisis

Former Somali President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmaajo has strongly criticised President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud, accusing him of deliberately violating key provisions of the Transitional Federal Constitution and warning that the country is heading into deeper political turmoil due to factionalism and exclusionary politics.

The former president also called on President Hassan Sheikh to restore the National Consultative Forum (NCC), including all federal member states, and reaffirm his commitment to inclusive governance.

(Hiiraan Online)