[Capital FM] Nairobi -- Military, police and civilian personnel from across East Africa have gathered in Nairobi for the launch of the 14th East African Community Armed Forces Command Post Exercise, Ushirikiano Imara 2026, aimed at deepening regional cooperation on peace and security.

[New Times] President of Guinea, Mamadi Doumbouya, and Prime Minister and Head of Government of Côte d'Ivoire, Robert Beugré Mambé, arrived in Kigali on May 12 ahead of the Africa CEO Forum due on May 14-15.

[Capital FM] Nairobi -- The East African Court of Justice has temporarily stopped Tanzania from collecting an excise duty on Kenyan-made safety matches, in a case that raises fresh questions over trade rules within the East African Community.

[New Dawn] Monrovia -- Guinea's representative to the ECOWAS Parliament, Dr. Dansa Kourouma--also Speaker of Guinea's National Transitional Council, has struck a combative tone at the regional body, declaring that Guinea will "protect" the disputed Solumba border area, which Liberia says lies within its territory.

[Daily News] Nairobi -- TANZANIA has urged African countries to harness their abundant natural resources to build a strong and resilient continental economy, while advocating for global multilateralism that upholds mutual partnerships and sovereign equality.

[Nile Post] On May 6, the Somali National News Agency reported that 13 members of what it described as the Khawarij militias, including senior commanders, were killed in a planned military operation carried out by the national army in cooperation with local resistance forces in the Mudug region.

[New Zimbabwe] The South African government must investigate who is driving and funding ongoing protests targeting illegal foreign nationals, as well as the broader agenda behind the demonstrations, says Zimbabwean political analyst and international relations expert Gideon Chitanga.

[New Zimbabwe] Former Tourism Minister Walter Mzembi has been acquitted on charges of abusing his office after the High Court ruled that the State failed to prove its case beyond reasonable doubt.

[Namibian] National water utility NamWater has threatened to disconnect water supply to Ruacana Town Council over an outstanding debt of more than N$14 million.

[Independent (Kampala)] Special Report -- As President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni, 81, was sworn in on May 12 for a seventh straight term in office, Uganda marked another formal milestone in a presidency that has now spanned nearly four decades. The inauguration at Kololo Independence Grounds followed the Jan. 15 general election in which official results from the Electoral Commission declared Museveni the winner with 71.65% of the vote, ahead of the National Unity Platform (NUP) leader, Robert Kyagulanyi Ssentamu, who polled 24%.

[Premium Times] Under the new policy, students seeking admission into secondary and tertiary institutions will be required to undergo drug tests.

[Scrolla] Stats SA says 8.1 million South Africans are officially unemployed, with the economy shedding 345,000 jobs between January and March 2026 alone. Young people between 15 and 24 face a 60.9% unemployment rate, while the broader unemployment rate including discouraged jobseekers sits at 43.7%.