East Africa

Kenya faces rising fuel costs and supply chain scrutiny, while regional infrastructure and trade partnerships advance. Motorists struggle with costlier fuel as state probes force fuel executive resignations. Concurrently, China aids road upgrades in Malawi and Uganda seeks investment partnerships in Cairo.

• 2Focus on non-tariff barriers on new dip in Kenya exports to Uganda, Tanzania
• 2Dangote Vows to Build Nigeria-Style Oil Refinery in East Africa
• 2Victoria Beckham ties up with Gap as retailer hopes luxe push will drive comeback
• 2MTN suspends airtime, data loans over new FCCPC lending rules
• 2Kenya anticipates export boom as it awaits crucial tax waiver - China Daily - Global Edition

Regional diplomacy is active, with Mauritius contesting the UK's frozen Chagos deal and hosting Indian engagement. Uganda's Army Chief makes a provocative offer to Turkey, while Kenya reaps benefits from a Western Sahara policy shift and welcomes a new UK envoy.

• 4UK freezes deal to return Chagos Islands to Mauritius
• 3Mugabe's son given fine and to be deported from South Africa for pointing a toy gun
• 3'Give $1 Billion, Most Beautiful Woman As Wife': Uganda Army Chief To Turkey
• 2Edgar Lungu: South African court orders Zambia to return former president's body
• 2China grants Uganda $1 million to support refugees amid funding shortfalls - China Daily - Global Edition

Security incidents are fragmented, ranging from human trafficking detentions to a high-profile murder arrest in Kenya. Mauritius warns against maritime escalation after an Iranian ship torpedoing, while a report details how Shabaab networks use Kenya to import terror kits.

• 2Ghana police foil child trafficking attempt, rescue victim bound for Kenya
• 2Als Kanonenfutter in der Ukraine: Die dramatische Geschichte von Tony aus Kenya - NZZ – Neue Zürcher Zeitung
• 1Uganda nursery attack: Christopher Okello Onyum sentenced to death for murder of Kampala toddlers
• 1Putin cancels tanks and missiles in Victory Day parade over Ukraine attack fears
• 1Uganda arrests 231 illegal immigrants, including 62 Nigerians

Kenyan society is under strain from internal governance failures and deep social divisions. Opposition leaders warn of rising anarchy and goonism, while reports expose homophobic violence and a critical condom shortage threatens public health.

• 3Rwanda after the genocide against the Tutsi: ‘We recreated a new country’
• 2'I did not expect it': Kenya's Sabastian Sawe welcomed home with jubilant celebrations
• 2Two-thirds of South Sudan faces acute hunger: Officials - Africa - World
• 2Tanzania poll violence claimed 518 lives: government enquiry - news.cgtn.com
• 2Fleeing Sudan's war, refugees rebuild their lives in Uganda - Welcome to the United Nations