Xi Jinping and Botswana's Duma Boko upgraded ties on 13 October 2026, and Xi set out four points on African mining, Xinhua and China's Foreign Ministry reported.
Fourteen people, three of them police officers, were arrested in Nairobi on 1 October after the DCI searched a warehouse holding suspected fake gold bars and counterfeit US$100 notes. In other recent cases, victims paid storage, insurance and other fees for gold that never arrived.
A Kenya National Bureau of Statistics survey puts average inbound spending at KES 19,306 a day, with West Africans paying most for accommodation, Business Daily reported on 12 and 14 October 2026.
Foreign visitors to Kenya must buy the government-designated health cover even if they hold travel insurance from home, while Kenyan residents, EAC citizens and children under three are exempt, according to a Kenya Tourism Board FAQ reported by the African Travel and Tourism Association (ATTA) on 13 October 2026.
Madagascar's health ministry reported four confirmed plague cases on 13 October, and five suspected cases in Midongy Atsimo District, in the south-east, Xinhua reported. Three people in the district probably died of plague, L'Express de Madagascar reported.
Banks bid US$152.09 million for the US$140 million the National Bank of Ethiopia offered at its 13 October foreign-exchange auction, and successful bids averaged 160.1072 birr per dollar, the Ethiopian newspaper Capital reported on 14 October 2026.
The Kenya Association of Manufacturers says the KSh 40-a-kilogramme duty could add KSh 6 billion to manufacturers' annual costs; the case was set for mention on 15 October, The Star reported.
Kenya Pipeline Company's profit after tax rose 13% to KSh 11.58 billion in the year to 30 June 2026, from KSh 10.24 billion, and its board proposed a first and final dividend of KSh 0.32 a share, according to results presented at the Nairobi Securities Exchange on 14 October 2026.
Ethiopian Airlines has announced a codeshare agreement with China Southern Airlines, a day after China Southern held a launch event in Addis Ababa for its route from Guangzhou to Addis Ababa via Changsha, Xinhua reported on 14 October 2026.
A 39-year-old man already in quarantine has tested positive for Bundibugyo virus disease, bringing Kenya's total to two confirmed cases and one death, The Standard reported on 14 October 2026.
A Chinese man and a Vietnamese woman, named as Xu Zhiyu and Nguyen Hong Ngoc, were found dead in an apartment in Kilimani, Nairobi, and police are investigating, The Star reported on 14 October.
On 9 October, Kenya's Energy and Petroleum Regulatory Authority issued a notice setting three electricity charges that add up to about KSh 4.10 per kWh, the Kenyan news website Kenyans.co.ke reported on 10 October.
