Fuel and food prices
What Ethiopians pay: fuel price changes, inflation, food and staple prices, rent and price controls.
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Kenya's annual inflation hits 7.3 percent in October, highest in three years
Kenya's annual inflation rate rose to 7.3 percent in October 2026, up from 6.8 percent in September, marking a three-year high. The Kenya National Bureau of Statistics attributed the increase to higher food, transport, and housing costs.
- Kenya's annual inflation rate rose to 7.3 percent in October 2026.
- Food and non-alcoholic beverages recorded an annual inflation of 10.2 percent.
- Transport inflation reached 17.1 percent according to the Kenya National Bureau of Statistics.
Rising dialysis costs push Ethiopian kidney patients into hardship
Kidney disease is placing heavy economic and social strain on many Ethiopians, DW Amharic reports, as treatment costs outstrip what patients can afford and the price of a single dialysis session keeps rising.
26 natural-gas city buses enter service, PM Abiy says
Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed said 26 city buses running on natural gas have started service, after months of work moving gas to Addis Ababa, building filling stations and converting buses. He said the switch will save foreign currency spent on fuel and could halve fares, and that 400 more gas buses are due to arrive soon.