Cryptokenya

Kenya's Capital Markets Authority announced plans to procure a blockchain analytics platform to monitor cryptocurrency transactions across Bitcoin (CRYPTO:BTC), Ethereum (CRYPTO:ETH) and at least 20 other blockchain networks under the country's new digital asset law.

Kenyan police fired teargas at protesters demonstrating against a planned quarantine facility for US servicemen and citizens exposed to the Ebola virus. Bloomberg's Helen Nyambura reports.

The Ebola Bundibugyo strain is spreading fast with no known treatment or vaccine, and the international system built to contain outbreaks is in crisis. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja reports.

A Kenyan high court instructed the authorities to disclose details of an agreement with the US government to establish an Ebola quarantine facility in the East African nation. The latest outbreak of Ebola has been concentrated in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo and been declared a global emergency by the World Health Organization. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja reports.

USAID's closure placed millions of lives at risk, studies show. Donald Trump's new program requires minerals and data as a price of aid. In Mozambique, clinics now face hard choices as Ebola spreads.

African nations are scrambling to secure fuel from Nigeria's Dangote Refinery as war in the Middle East disrupts supply. The refinery is now seeing a massive surge in demand from countries like South Africa and Kenya to prevent local energy shortages. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja reports on Horizons Middle East and Africa.

The war in Iran is strangling fuel shipments through the Strait of Hormuz, leaving many African nations with just weeks of oil left. Lacking their own refineries, these countries are now being outbid by wealthier nations, sparking fears of fuel shortages and price hikes across the continent. Bloomberg's Jennifer Zabasajja spoke to Joumanna Bercetche on Horizons Middle East and Africa.