Health & Sports Infrastructure: Tanzania’s Muhimbili Orthopaedic Institute is expanding capacity for specialist care and 2027 AFCON preparations, reporting 211,359 patients served in 2025/26 and adding services like AI-assisted brain surgery and online booking. Trademark & Business Climate: A bitter High Court dispute in Tanzania over five family-owned trademarks is seeking Sh16 billion compensation, with the claimant citing sales across Burundi, Rwanda and the DRC. Food Systems & Agriculture: Experts at the Africa Food Systems Forum pre-summit in Kigali say Africa’s food crisis persists because farm output still fails to reach reliable food security, pointing to weak storage, transport and shock resilience. Agroforestry for Nutrition: A workshop across East Africa highlights growing indigenous food trees to fight malnutrition and biodiversity loss, warning that fast-growing non-native planting can miss local nutrition needs. Regional Trade & Logistics: World Bank officials urge Tanzania to link infrastructure with predictable regulation and private investment, with the Port of Dar es Salaam seen as key for land-linked neighbors including Burundi. Education Pressure in Burundi: In Buhumuza, eastern Burundi, repatriated pupils from Tanzania are straining classrooms and desks ahead of the Sept 7 school year, after Tanzania camp closures and amid fears of reintegration gaps. EAC Connectivity Projects: Rwanda’s Rusizi Port on Lake Kivu nears completion (97.5%), aiming to cut transport time and costs for regional trade. Ebola Funding Crunch (DRC): The UN warns the DRC Ebola response may run out of money within weeks and appeals for $1.1bn to expand containment.