Tanzania has barred the presidential nominee for the second largest opposition party Alliance for Change and Transparency (ACT-Wazalendo), namely Luhaga Mpina, from running in the presidential election of the country's 2025 General Elections that are scheduled for October 29, 2025. That was reported by some media on August 27, 2025.

2 cabinet ministers have perished in a helicopter crash in Ghana, in the morning hours of August 6, 2025. That was reported by some Ghanian media.

A male Caucasian South African farmer, namely Zachariah Johannes Olivier (60), accused of gunning down 2 African South African women and feeding their bodies to his pigs, appeared in a court in Polokwane City in Limpopo Province on August 4, 2025, to face murder trial. Also on trial for the barbaric murders are two of his workers who are accused of assisting him. That was reported by some South African media.

President Paul Biya of Cameroon on July 13, 2025, formally announced that he will run for another mandate in the country's presidential election that is scheduled for October 2025. That was reported by some African media on July 14, 2025.

Nigeria's ex-Leader Muhammadu Buhari is dead. He died in a hospital in London, UK, on July 13, 2025. He was 82.

Tyla hosted the Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards 2025 alias 38th Annual Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards that was held at the Barker Hangar in Santa Monica, CA, USA, on June 21, 2025 (local time). That was her debut as host of a major global award event.

Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) and Rwanda on June 18, 2025, agreed on a draft peace deal, reported some media on June 19, 2025.

Zambia's ex-President Edgar Lungu is dead. He died in hospital in Pretoria, South Africa, on June 5, 2025. He was 68.

The highly controversial arrest and incarceration of Tanzania's main opposition leader Tundu Lissu has been propelled to the global legal arena by his international legal team. That was reported by some media on June 1, 2025.

Prominent Ugandan activist Agather Atuhaire (37) has narrated that she was severely battered and raped by security forces in Tanzania, when she was in incarceration there some days ago. That was reported by some media on May 25, 2025.