4 Nov 2025 Kigali (Rwanda) Kigali Today. The government is expanding fibre-optic networks and working with telecom companies to build new towers, with a projected ten-year timeline and an estimated cost of $300m to fully close the coverage gap;

4 Nov 2025 Addis Ababa (Ethiopia) Borkena. Ethiopia and China sign a Bilateral Market Access Protocol at the World Trade Organisation (WTO), marking a key milestone in Ethiopia’s WTO accession process;

4 Nov 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Reuters. President Samia Suluhu Hassan is sworn in for another term after a disputed election, as authorities restore internet access but warn against sharing images or videos of post-election unrest, threatening legal action;

3 Nov 2025 Asmara (Eritrea) APA News. Eritrea rejects Ethiopia’s claim that it blocked a joint initiative to redevelop the Red Sea port of Assab, emphasising that any cooperation must be bilateral, legally clear and mutually beneficial;

3 Nov 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Daily Nation. Investments, trade and industry cabinet secretary, Lee Kinyanjui, warns that Kenya faces a potential surge in sugar imports as domestic production declines sharply, threatening the country’s recent progress toward self-sufficiency;

3 Nov 2025 Kampala (Uganda) Nile Post. Police confirm that the death toll from a series of coordinated attacks targeting schools, army and police posts over the weekend in Kasese (Rwenzori Region) has risen to 19;

2 Nov 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Daily Nation. During his western Kenya tour, President William Ruto launches multi-billion-shilling projects, including affordable housing, modern fresh produce markets, and plans to rehabilitate and upgrade the Kakamega Airstrip into a modern airport, demonstrating the government’s focus on regional infrastructure and development;

2 Nov 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) FT. Opposition leaders and members say authorities shot protestors in post-election unrest following the 29 October general election, reporting hundreds of deaths, as the European Union (EU) urges authorities to “exercise maximum restraint in order to preserve human lives”;

2 Nov 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Monitor. The electoral commission declares incumbent President Samia Suluhu Hasan won the 29 October election with nearly 98%, a result Chadema leader Tundu Lissu, rejects calling it fabricated;

1 Nov 2025 Kigali (Rwanda) Kigali Today. Rwanda aims to increase its national savings rate from the current 14.4% of GDP to 25.9% by 2029, promoting a culture of saving and investment through programmes like Ejo Heza and community savings groups;

31 Oct 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Reuters. Kenya’s year-on-year inflation holds steady at 4.6% in October 2025, unchanged from September, while month-on-month inflation was 0.2%, also stable;

31 Oct 2025 Kinshasa (DRC) La Prosperite. Deputy prime minister and national economy minister Daniel Mukoko Samba meets with International Monetary Fund officials to review the DRC’s economic programme;

30 Oct 2025 Asmara (Eritrea) AA. Egypt reaffirms its support for Eritrea’s sovereignty and territorial integrity during talks between Egypt’s President Abdel Fattah al-Sisi and his Eritrean counterpart Isaias Afwerki, amid tensions with Ethiopia over sea access;

30 Oct 2025 Djibouti (Djibouti) Dawan Africa. Djibouti launches China and the United Nations Development Programme-funded  $2m early-warning system, to strengthen national preparedness for natural disasters such as droughts, floods and earthquakes;

30 Oct 2025 Nairobi (Kenya) Daily Nation. Kenya’s exports to the United States (US) reach a three-year peak, driven by worries over potential disruptions to the African Growth and Opportunity Act (AGOA) trade preferences;

30 Oct 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) Monitor. Protests escalate in major cities across Tanzania as opposition supporters denounce the 29 October presidential and parliamentary elections as fraudulent, prompting government to deploy police;

30 Oct 2025 Dar es Salaam (Tanzania) FT. United Kingdom-headquartered Amnesty International reports at least two people have died in post-election violence, but activists monitoring video footage suggest the death toll is much higher;

30 Oct 2025 Kampala (Uganda) Monitor. Uganda and United Arab Emirates (UAE) sign billion-dollar investment deals to deepen trade ties and aimed at strengthening bilateral trade and economic cooperation;

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