Grace Wales Bonner (35) has been named new Creative Director Of Menswear at Hermès. The appointment was announced by Hermès on October 21, 2025. She becomes the first woman of African descent to lead a global luxury fashion brand.

Kenya's most prominent opposition leader and ex-Prime Minister Raila Odinga is dead, reported some Kenyan media. He is said to have died in hospital in India on October 15, 2025 (local time). He was 80.

Military has taken power in Madagascar, reported some media on October 14, 2025. The military coup came about 24 hours after the country's President Andry Rajoelina fled onboard a French military plane to an unknown place, reportedly saying that he feared for his life.

Elite troops have joined ongoing youth-led anti-government protests in Madagascar, reported some media on October 12, 2025. According to the reports, the troops belonging to the elite unit called CAPSAT of Madagascar's military, are now urging troops from other units of the military to do the same and support the protests.

A prominent government critic in Tanzania, Humphrey Polepole (55), has vanished without trace after violently been abducted from his home in Dar es Salaam on the night of October 6, 2025. That was reported by some African media on October 7, 2025.

Meghan Markle The Duchess of Sussex stunned Paris Fashion Week 2025 for spring/summer 2026, in a glamorous outfit, during debuting the prestigious global fashion event on October 4, 2025.

Sean "Diddy" Combs alias Diddy was slapped with a 50-month jail term by a judge in a federal district court in New York City, on October 3, 2025 (local time). He was also fined $0.5 million and ordered to serve 5 years of supervised release.

Rihanna has given birth to a baby girl. That was announced by herself on Instagram on September 24, 2025.

Burkina Faso, Niger, and Mali have ditched the International Criminal Court (ICC), reported some African media on September 23, 2025.

Tanzania's opposition presidential nominee in the forthcoming General Elections 2025, whose appeal to a high court in Dar es Salaam, against a decision by the country's electoral body to bar him from the presidential election of the two-tier general elections, was upheld by the court on September 11, 2025, has been disqualified one more time. That was reported by some African media on September 16, 2025.