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1. Africa: CCA and Mauritius Announce Postponement of Next Month's U.S-Africa Business Summit

   [allAfrica] The U.S.-Africa Business Summit scheduled for July 26-29, 2026 in Mauritius July has been postponed. The Corporate Council on Africa (CCA). the Summit organizer, along with the Government of Mauritius, made the decision ''out of an abundance of caution and in response to guidance from the World Health Organization (WHO) and the Mauritius Ministry of Health regarding the ongoing Ebola outbreak in Central Africa.''

2. Congo-Kinshasa: Ebola - Vaccines Alone Won't Stop an Outbreak - Here's What Else Is Needed

   [The Conversation Africa] Tensions have recently emerged around the Ebola response in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC). These tensions have manifested in a series of incidents, including the burning of an Ebola treatment facility in Mongbwalu, confrontations involving families seeking to reclaim the bodies of relatives who had died from the disease, and reports of police firing warning shots.

3. Botswana: Botswana, De Beers Appoint Adesina Chair Of Diamonds Development Fund

   [Vanguard] Former President of the African Development Bank (AfDB), Dr. Akinwumi Adesina, has been appointed Chairman of Botswana's Diamonds for Development Fund, a landmark initiative established by the Government of Botswana and De Beers Group to drive economic diversification and sustainable development in the Southern African nation.

4. Congo-Kinshasa: Faith, Fear and Trust - Inside DR Congo's Fight Against Ebola

   [UN News] In a village in eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), health workers arrived a few days ago to help bury a person who had died from Ebola. Instead, they were threatened, told armed rebels would be called if they stayed, and forced to leave.

5. Sudan: Nine Killed in Fresh Drone Strike On South Darfur, 'Sniper Deployment' Amid Rising Intertribal Kassala Tensions

   [Dabanga] Kubum / Kassala -- At least nine civilians were killed in a fresh drone attack on the town of Kubum in South Darfur on Thursday, four days after an earlier strike killed 20 people. The attack came as rights groups warned of escalating tribal tensions in the region, while tribal leader Mohamed El Amin Turk accused unnamed parties of deploying snipers in Kassala ahead of a rally by his supporters.