Africa Intelligence Brief — Tuesday, August 4, 2026

Rio Times · Africa Intelligence Brief August 4 Africa Intelligence Brief August 4 — Key Facts —Ebola cases The DR Congo outbreak reached 3,605 cases with 1,587 deaths, making it the country’s largest and fastest-growing Ebola epidemic on record. —Siege victims Roughly 500,000 civilians are trapped under Rapid Support Forces siege in El-Obeid, Sudan, cut off from humanitarian aid. —Election date Zambia votes on 13 August with incumbent Hakainde Hichilema facing Brian Mundubile in what analysts call a two-horse race. —Arrests South African police reported more than 900 arrests during a sustained wave of anti-immigration protests defying a High Court order. —Opposition leader Veteran Ugandan opposition figure Kizza Besigye, 69, collapsed in court and was reported by his wife to be in intensiv