UNCTAD says developing countries should generally be exempt from reciprocal tariffs, particularly those imposed on green technologies or vital goods.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/un-trade-agency-advises-against-tariffs-developing-countries-5008832

Kenya's Treasury has directed government accounting officers to identify and value public assets by June in a project supported and supervised by World Bank and IMF.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/kenya-begins-24m-asset-valuation-major-accounting-overhaul-5012796

African Catholics attending services honouring Francis after his death on Monday say a Black pope is long overdue.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/world/africans-root-for-first-black-pope-in-modern-history-5012972

Meanwhile, Mogadishu says Somali officials face challenges obtaining visas in advance, hindering their ability to travel and participate fully in regional initiatives.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/eac-ministers-meet-address-security-challenges-cash-crunch-5013290

Ivorian-born Tidjane Thiam, former CEO of Credit Suisse, is seeking to run in the presidential elections expected in October.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/west-africa/ivorian-court-strikes-tidjane-thiam-s-name-off-electoral-roll-5013012

President Ruto also sold Kenya’s regional positioning, touting Nairobi as a gateway to neighbouring markets.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/kenya-ruto-dangles-tax-breaks-agoa-to-chinese-investors-5014016

Ghanaian President has initiated an investigation in response to three petitions filed against Chief Justice Gertrude Torkornoo.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/west-africa/president-mahama-suspends-ghana-chief-justice-5013982

Wafa Misrar and Said Skounti: As far as Africa is concerned World Bank/IMF Spring Meetings are tone-deaf
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/opinion/columnists/world-bank-imf-spring-meetings-tone-deaf-on-africa-5012884

President Ruto hs criticised the unilateral US tariffs on global trade, choosing the Chinese as the perfect audience to attack what he called a broken post-Cold War economic system.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/ruto-in-china-trade-tariff-wars-5014524

Sources from both sides told Reuters that M23 had demanded the release of hundreds of prisoners, which the Congolese government refused.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/congo-m23-delegations-leave-doha-as-peace-talks-falter-5014868

Tanzanian police has detained two senior opposition figures, Chadema said, as they drove to a court hearing for party leader Tundu Lissu, who has been charged with treason.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/tanzania-detains-two-more-opposition-leaders-5015380

Each side -DRC and M23 - released the same statement separately after their delegations departed Qatar earlier in the week, following more than a week of discussions.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/-congo-m23-rebels-agree-ceasefire-in-qatar-5015392

Kenya Airways shares are still not trading on the Dar es Salaam Stock Exchange more than three months after Kenya’s regulator lifted the suspension of the stock on the Nairobi Securities Exchange, highlighting the challenges facing cross-listed stocks.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/kenya-airways-shares-in-dar-no-trading-3-months-5015682

Pan-African rights lobby says CCM administration’s tactics—targeting opposition figures, suppressing dissent, and manipulating state institutions—threaten the integrity of Tanzania’s democracy.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/karua-led-lobby-calls-for-unconditional-release-of-tundu-lissu-5015918

Rwanda Investigations Bureau has arrested Moses Turahirwa, founder of the famed fashion house, Moshions, over allegations of drug use.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/former-kagame-designer-arrested-on-drug-abuse-charges-5015930

Kenya recalls three major drugs over safety concerns
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/sustainability/health/kenya-recalls-three-major-drugs-over-safety-concerns-5016100

Zimbabwe’s debilitating debt crisis took centre stage at a major event on the sidelines of the International Monetary Fund and World Bank Spring Meetings in Washington this week.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/why-afdb-warns-zimbabwe-new-law-stands-in-way-of-debt-relief-5015994

The monetary value of Uganda’s carbon market is estimated to be between $1.1 billion and $5.5 billion, based on the circulation of 110 million tonnes of carbon dioxide captured in the country by the end of 2023.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/business-tech/why-ugandan-farmers-are-missing-out-on-carbon-credits-5016842

The Trump administration has taken a special interest in Congo since a minerals-for-security deal was proposed this year.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/congo-rwanda-take-step-towards-peace-with-us-accord-5017138

President Mohamud has vowed to take the fight to al-Shabaab’s doorstep by kicking them out of Mogadishu and eventually out of Somalia.
https://www.theeastafrican.co.ke/tea/news/east-africa/mohamud-shabaab-have-made-six-attempts-on-my-life-5017226