Uganda, Tanzania, Rwanda, Burundi, DR Congo, Ethiopia, Somalia, the Sudans, EAC and IGAD.
Evergreen Line, the world's seventh-largest container carrier, held talks in Mombasa this week. KPA is preparing to complete Berth 19B, which is expected to add about 300,000 TEUs of annual capacity, The Star reports.
UNHCR, IOM and UNICEF are seeking KSh 1.16 billion ($8.9 million) to support people fleeing clashes in Ethiopia over the next three months. The fighting has also sent grenades and stray bullets into Moyale, forcing KCSE candidates to move to safer schools.
Dar es Salaam police say they are tracking reports that groups plan to cause chaos on Friday, November 6. That is the day the High Court is due to rule in the treason case against Chadema chairman Tundu Lissu.
Tanzanian forward Clara Luvanga came off the bench to set up Trinity Rodman's late goal in Washington Spirit's NWSL win at Audi Field. Spirit finished the regular season with 15 wins and face Portland Thorns in the playoffs on November 8.
Kenya has spent KSh 147.1 million on a KSh 600 million project to rebuild its properties in Kinshasa, the Daily Nation reports. The work includes the embassy office that protesters vandalised in January 2025.
Tanzanian President Samia Suluhu Hassan has opened ministry offices, asphalt roads and other infrastructure at the Government City in Mtumba, Dodoma. The Citizen reports she said Tanzania spent Sh700 billion of its own money on the project.
A Congolese traders' association says two of its members have been missing since September 7 in Kamanyola, South Kivu. It accuses the FRN/M23 of arresting them while they carried $265,000 for more than 85 small traders.
Passengers from Lira, Apac, Aduku and other northern towns now pay more to reach Kampala after fares rose on November 1. An ordinary Lira-Kampala ticket went from Shs30,000 to Shs40,000, the Nile Post reported.
The Hunger Project-Uganda ran a two-day boot camp in Gulu City for young people aged 18 to 35. It urged them to process, package and market cassava, maize and sorghum, and some youth groups received seed capital.
Nearly 50 people held by ADF rebels for two to three months have been freed in Malembi forest, Mambasa territory, Radio Okapi reported. Twenty-nine of them were handed back to their families at a ceremony in Mambasa on Monday.
The Bill Clinton Foundation for Peace has urged DR Congo authorities to ease overcrowding at Ndolo military prison in Kinshasa. The group says its president was harassed during a visit there and wants two long-held detainees freed.
Tanzanian Prime Minister Mwigulu Nchemba has told embassy staff in Moscow to find new markets in Russian cities for the country's surplus farm produce. He spoke during the Third Russia-Africa Summit, which drew 48 African countries.
Journaliste en danger (JED) says the media environment in DR Congo is getting worse. Its annual report, published on Monday, cites threats and attacks on journalists and disinformation about Ebola.
Both Ebola treatment centres in Beni, North Kivu, have been over capacity for several days as confirmed and suspected cases rise. Officials said on Monday that nearly 80 patients are in care, including about 10 children, according to Radio Okapi.
The ISP camp for displaced people in Bunia, eastern DR Congo, has a single water source for about 3,500 households, Radio Okapi reported. Residents fear disease and are urging humanitarian partners to step in.
Congolese NGO Justicia Asbl says about 5,000 soldiers and police remain at mining sites in Haut-Katanga and Lualaba. It says this defies a presidential ban announced in July and puts human rights at risk.
WHO chief Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus said on Monday that fighting and drone strikes are pushing Ethiopia's fragile health system towards collapse. At least 15 people, several of them children, died in drone strikes on a displacement camp in Amhara, Reuters reported.
Residents of Ethiopia's Tigray region told AFP they have lost faith in the Tigray People's Liberation Front. The party was pushed out of major towns after its offensive in late September, and federal authorities took control of the region in October.
Tanzania's football federation will run Simba SC's election itself after finding two gaps in the club's timetable. The vote must finish before the current leaders' term ends on January 29, 2027, its election committee said.
Most of Kenya should get more rain than usual this November, Tuko and Ghafla report, citing the Kenya Meteorological Department. Rwanda's weather agency also expects a wetter month, with up to 350mm in some areas.
President Samia Suluhu Hassan swore in new leaders at Chamwino State House in Dodoma on Monday. She told the human rights commission to track and respond to rights accusations made against Tanzania, Mwananchi reported.
Boat operators on Uganda's Lake Bunyonyi say new registration and licensing fees under the Inland Water Transport Act could push them out of business. Charges run up to Shs600,000, and operators warn that fares could rise.
Uganda has hired Egypt's SAMCO National Construction Company to build a passenger terminal at Kabalega International Airport in Hoima. The contractor has eight months to finish the work before AFCON 2027, the Daily Monitor reported.
Uganda's State House and the Inter-Religious Council are drawing up a joint plan to curb public attacks on religious leaders. The move follows an online row between businessman Frank Gashumba and Pastor Robert Kayanja, Nile Post reports.
The Tanzania Meteorological Authority says rains will increase across the country in November and December. Arusha will also host 300 climate scientists from 75 countries for an IPCC meeting from November 2 to 6.
High Court judge Alexander Muteti on Friday ordered the police and DCI chiefs to bring Twaha Mwaipaya to court on Monday at 11am. Vocal Africa says armed men seized the activist in Kamulu on October 25.
ELCT head Bishop Alex Malasusa told PM Mwigulu Nchemba on Sunday that alcohol abuse threatens Tanzania's workforce. At the same Kilimanjaro service, Freeman Mbowe said some public servants block development projects for political reasons.
Residents of Shirka Woreda in Oromia told Addis Standard that people who buried the dead or helped the wounded after attacks on Orthodox Christians were arrested. The Orthodox Church says 60 of its faithful were killed on October 20 and 24.
Nyaleke, about 15 km from Beni in DR Congo's North Kivu, has had no health facility since its only health post was destroyed in 2016. Pregnant women travel about seven kilometres for antenatal care and deliveries, Radio Okapi reported.
Residents of Kolwezi's Dilungu and Bel Air neighbourhoods marched to Ruashi Mining's site on Friday. They say the company's operations cracked their homes, dried out crops and made people sick, and they want compensation.
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