2022 in East Africa

The following lists events that happened during 2022 in East Africa. The countries listed are those described in the United Nations geoscheme for East Africa: 🇧🇮 Burundi, 🇰🇲 Comoros, 🇩🇯 Djibouti, 🇪🇷 Eritrea, 🇪🇹 Ethiopia, 🇰🇪 Kenya, 🇲🇬 Madagascar, 🇲🇼 Malawi, 🇲🇺 Mauritius, 🇫🇷 Mayotte, 🇲🇿 Mozambique, 🇫🇷 Réunion, 🇷🇼 Rwanda, 🇸🇨 Seychelles, 🇸🇴 Somalia, 🇸🇸 South Sudan, 🇹🇿 Tanzania,🇺🇬 Uganda, 🇿🇲 Zambia, 🇿🇼 Zimbabwe.

Burundi
🇧🇮 burundi


 * Chief of state and Head of government: President Évariste Ndayishimiye, (since 2020).
 * First Vice President: Gaston Sindimwo (since 2015)
 * Second Vice President: Joseph Butore (since 2015)

Comoros
🇰🇲 comoros


 * Chief of state and Head of government: President Azali Assoumani (since 2016)

Comoros also claims the island of Mayotte.

Djibouti
🇩🇯 djibouti


 * Chief of state: President Ismail Omar Guelleh (since 1999)
 * Head of government: Prime Minister Abdoulkader Kamil Mohamed (since 2013)

Eritrea
🇪🇷 eritrea


 * Chief of state and Head of government: President Isaias Afwerki (since 1993)

Ethiopia
🇪🇹 ethiopia


 * Chief of state: President Sahle-Work Zewde (since 2018)
 * Head of government: Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed (since 2018)
 * Deputy Prime Minister Demeke Mekonnen (since 2012)

Kenya
🇰🇪 kenya


 * Chief of state and Head of government: President Uhuru Kenyatta (since 2013)
 * Deputy President: William Ruto (since 2013)

Madagascar
🇲🇬 madagascar


 * Chief of state: President Andry Rajoelina (since 2019)
 * Head of government: Prime Minister Christian Ntsay (since 2018)

Malawi
🇲🇼 malawi


 * Chief of state and Head of government: President Lazarus Chakwera (starting 2020)
 * Vice-President Saulos Chilima (since 2020)

Mauritius
🇲🇺 mauritius


 * Chief of state: President Prithvirajsing Roopun (since 2019)
 * Head of government: Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth (since 2017)

Mauritius claims sovereignty over the Chagos Archipelago (including Diego Garcia), although this claim is disputed by the UK.

Mayotte
🇾🇹 Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France.


 * Chief of state: President of France Emmanuel Macron (since 2017)
 * Head of government: Prime Minister of France Édouard Philippe (since 2017)
 * President of the Departmental Council Soibahadine Ibrahim Ramadani (since 2015)

Mayotte is an overseas department and region of France also claimed by Comoros.

Mozambique
🇲🇿 mozambique


 * Chief of state: President Filipe Nyusi (since 2015)
 * Head of government: Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho do Rosário (since 2015)

Réunion
🇷🇪 Réunion is an overseas department and region of France.


 * Chief of state: President Emmanuel Macron (since 2017)
 * Head of government: Prime Minister of France: Jean Castex (since 2020)
 * President of the Regional Council: Huguette Bello (since 2021)

Rwanda
🇷🇼 rwanda


 * Chief of state: President Paul Kagame (since 2000)
 * Head of government: Prime Minister Édouard Ngirente (since 2017)

Seychelles
🇸🇨 seychelles


 * Chief of state and Head of government: President Wavel Ramkalawan (starting 2020).
 * Vice-President: Ahmed Afif (starting October 26, 2020)

Somalia
🇸🇴 somalia


 * Chief of state: President Mohamed Abdullahi Mohamed (since 2017)
 * Head of government: Prime Minister> Mohamed Hussein Roble (starting 2020)

Somaliland
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The Republic of Somaliland Is a De facto independent state that declared independence from Somalia in 1991.


 * Chief of state and head of government: President Muse Bihi Abdi
 * Vice President: Abdirahman Saylici
 * Speaker of the House: Bashe Mohamed Farah
 * Chairman of Elders: Suleiman Mohamoud Adan
 * Chief Justice: Adan Haji Ali

South Sudan
🇸🇸 south sudan


 * Chief of state and Head of government: President Salva Kiir Mayardit (since 2011)
 * First Vice-President Taban Deng Gai (since 2016)
 * Second Vice President James Wani Igga (since 2016)

Tanzania
🇹🇿 tanzania


 * Chief of state and Head of government: President: Samia Suluhu (since 2021)
 * Vice-President: Philip Mpango (since 2021)
 * Head of government: Prime Minister: Kassim Majaliwa (since 2015)

Uganda
🇺🇬 uganda


 * Chief of state: President, Yoweri Museveni (since 1988)
 * Vice President: Edward Ssekandi (since 2011)
 * Head of government: Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunda (since 2014)
 * First Deputy Prime Minister: Moses Ali (since 2016)
 * Second Deputy Prime Minister Kirunda Kivenjinja (since 2016)

Zambia
🇿🇲 zambia


 * Chief of state and Head of government: President, Hakainde Hichilema (since 2021)
 * Vice-President Mutale Nalumango (since 2021)

Zimbabwe
🇿🇼 zimbabwe


 * Chief of state: President Emmerson Mnangagwa (since 2017)
 * Vice-President: Constantino Chiwenga (since 2017)

Events
Ongoing – Afar–Somali clashes, COVID-19 pandemic in Africa, Gedeo–Oromo clashes, Metekel conflict, Oromo–Somali clashes, Puntland-Somaliland dispute, Somali Civil War, Tigray War

Elections

 * August 9 – 2022 Kenyan general election
 * June 20 – Rwandan 2022 Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting
 * November 26 – 2022 Somaliland presidential election

Unknown date

 * 2022 Somali presidential election

January and February

 * January 1 – New Year's Day, (Gregorian calendar)
 * January 7 – Orthodox Christmas, Public holidays in Eritrea and Public holidays in Ethiopia
 * January 12 – Zanzibar Revolution Day, Public holidays in Tanzania.
 * January 15 – John Chilembwe Day, Public holidays in Malawi.
 * January 26 – National Resistance Movement Day, Public holidays in Uganda.
 * January 28 – Thaipusam, Public holidays and festivals in Mauritius (Tamil Hindu holiday).
 * February 1 – Heroes' Day, Public holidays in Rwanda.
 * February 3 – Heroes' Day, Public holidays in Mozambique.
 * February 16 – Janani Luwum Day, Uganda.
 * February 22 – Robert Mugabe National Youth Day, Public holidays in Zimbabwe.

March and April

 * March 2 – Victory at Adwa Day, Ethiopia.
 * March 3 – Martyrs' Day, Malawi.
 * March 8 – International Women's Day.
 * March 11 – Isra and Mi'raj, Public holidays in Djibouti, the Prophet's Night Journey.
 * March 12
 * National Day, Mauritius.
 * Youth Day, Public holidays in Zambia.
 * March 18 – Cheikh Al Maarouf Day, Public holidays in the Comoros
 * March 29 – Martyrs' Day, Public holidays in Madagascar.
 * April 1–3 – Maundy Thursday, Good Friday, Holy Saturday
 * April 5 – Easter Monday
 * April 7 – Abeid Karume Day, Tanzania.
 * April 19 – Independence Day, Zimbabwe.
 * April 26 – Union Day, Tanzania.

May and June

 * May 1 – Labour Day or International Workers' Day
 * May 5 – Patriots' Victory Day, Ethiopia.
 * May 13 – Eid al-Fitr, Muslim feast of breaking of the Fast.
 * May 16 – Sudan People's Liberation Army Day, Public holidays in South Sudan.
 * May 24 – Independence Day (Eritrea)
 * May 25 – Africa Day
 * June 1 – Madaraka Day, Public holidays in Kenya.
 * June 18 – Constitution Day, Public holidays in Seychelles.
 * June 20 – Martyrs' Day (Eritrea)
 * June 25 – Independence Day, Mozambique.
 * June 26
 * Independence Day, Madagascar.
 * Independence Day, Public holidays in Somalia.
 * June 27 – Independence Day, Djibouti.
 * June 29 – Independence Day, Seychelles.

July and August

 * July 1
 * Independence Day, Public holiday in Burundi (since 1962)
 * Independence Day, Rwanda (since 1962).
 * Republic Day, Somalia.
 * July 4 – Liberation Day (Rwanda).
 * July 5 – Heroes' Day, Zambia.
 * July 6
 * National Day, Comoros.
 * Independence Day, Malawi.
 * July 20 – Eid al-Adha, holiest Islamic feast of the year.
 * July 30 – Martyrs' Day, South Sudan.
 * August 8 – Nane Nane Day, Tanzania.
 * August 15 – Assumption of Mary, Roman Catholic feast in the Seychelles.

September and October

 * September 7 – Victory Day, Mozambique.
 * October 9 – Independence Day, Uganda.
 * October 11 – Huduma Day, Kenya.
 * October 18 – Day of Prayer, Zambia.
 * October 25 – Independence Day, Zambia.

November and December

 * November 2 – Indian Arrival Day, Mauritius.
 * November 12 – Maore Day, Comoros
 * December 9 – Independence Day, Tanzania.
 * December 13 – Jamhuri Day, Kenya.
 * December 22 – Unity Day, Zimbabwe.
 * December 25 – Christmas Day, Western Christian holiday
 * December 26 – Boxing Day (Utamaduni Day in Kenya)

January

 * January 2
 * Charles Njonjo, 101, Attorney General of Kenya from 1963 to 1979, pneumonia
 * Richard Leakey, 77, Kenyan paleoanthropologist and conservationist, unspecified death

March

 * March 3 – Abune Merkorios, 83, fourth Patriarch of the Ethiopian Orthodox Tewahedo Church, unspecified death
 * March 11 – Rupiah Banda, 85, 4th President of Zambia, colon cancer
 * March 12 – Karl Offmann, 81, 3rd President of Mauritius, unspecified death
 * March 23
 * Amina Mohamed Abdi, 40, Somali politician, victim of March 2022 Somalia attacks
 * Hassan Dhuhul, unknown age, Somali politician, victim of March 2022 Somalia attacks

April

 * April 21 – Mwai Kibaki, 90, 3rd President of Kenya, unspecified death