President Salva Kiir Stories

Who is Riek Machar, South Sudan's embattled vice president?
Reuters  |  Mar 28, 2025

Machar rejoined the SPLA in 2002, and after a 2005 peace deal that ended civil war and established southern autonomy, he became vice-president of the...

Sh310 million budget request to Parliament for Ruto’s EAC job raises eyebrows
Mwangi Maina  |  Mar 27, 2025

Observers question why such a significant sum is being allocated when the secretariat is meant to shoulder much of the financial responsibility.

Kenyans connected to the grid hit 9.8 million in December 2024, Epra says
Alfred Onyango  |  Mar 27, 2025

However, the record of new customer connections is a decline compared to the same period in the previous financial year, which recorded a total of 260...

Regional bodies call for restraint in South Sudan as tensions rise after Machar’s arrest
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Mar 27, 2025

IGAD's Executive Secretary, Workneh Gebeyehu, said such developments undermine the Revitalised Agreement on the Resolution of the Conflict in South Su...

Former CJ Willy Mutunga calls for national debate to change law on CS appointments
Barack Oduor  |  Mar 27, 2025

Reacting to Ruto’s latest appointments, Mutunga argued that the criteria for the appointment of CSs now, and in the past governments, have always been...

Kenya deploys police officers to South Sudan amid escalating tensions after Machar's arrest
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 27, 2025

President William Ruto on Thursday said he had called President Kiir to discuss the situation leading to Machar’s arrest and detention.

Riek Machar’s party declares South Sudan peace deal null and void after his arrest
Barack Oduor  |  Mar 27, 2025

Civil society activists, the United Nations, and the United States have called for restraint and the reversal of the action following reports of the a...

Loyalty or competence? The bane of Ruto’s cabinet appointees
Barack Oduor  |  Mar 27, 2025

Muturi has been a sore thumb in Ruto’s government, criticizing his boss and displaying defiance without a blink.

17-year-old Gaala Aden’s last plea for help before her gruesome death in Wajir
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 27, 2025

The 17-year-old girl's only crime was refusing to marry a 55-year-old man.

South Sudan VP Machar's party trying to locate him after arrest warrant issued
Reuters  |  Mar 27, 2025

Foreign governments have warned that civil war could break out again in South Sudan following weeks of escalating tensions that originated in fighting...

Sudanese army drives rival RSF from central Khartoum, witnesses say
Reuters  |  Mar 26, 2025

With the army now re-establishing its position in the capital, it is making a new push to cement its control in the centre of Sudan.

Zimbabwe's President Mnangagwa fires army chief ahead of planned protests
Reuters  |  Mar 26, 2025

Mnangagwa, who took charge after a military coup that ousted longtime ruler Robert Mugabe in 2017, is facing growing dissent within his ZANU-PF party,...

Ruto nominates late Baringo Senator Cheptumo’s widow Hanna Wendot as Gender CS
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 26, 2025

Wendot and Ruku will now be vetted by the National Assembly before they can take up their new positions.

Ruto sacks Justin Muturi as CS, nominates MP Ruku to replace him
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 26, 2025

Mutur has served in the ministry since September 2024.

Sudan army surrounds Khartoum airport and nearby areas, military sources say
Reuters  |  Mar 26, 2025

The army had long been on the back foot in a conflict that threatens to partition the country and has caused a humanitarian disaster

RSF to lead Sudan's parallel Government as opposition alliance finalises power structure
Mwangi Maina  |  Mar 26, 2025

The Sudan People's Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N), led by Abdel Aziz al-Hilu, has been allocated the deputy leadership position.

Football and music legends immortalised at California Desert Turf Grounds
Erick Kariuki  |  Mar 25, 2025

The California Desert Turf Grounds feature nine seating stands, each named in honour of a legend or founding member who has played a pivotal role in t...

Outrage as rights groups condemn widow’s assault in Nyamira
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Mar 25, 2025

The woman was forcibly dragged and beaten by a group of men after refusing to take part in a burial ritual for her late ex-husband, an act that has be...

Ex-Fifa chief Blatter, Platini cleared in corruption case
Reuters  |  Mar 25, 2025

The pair, once among the most powerful figures in global football, were cleared of fraud at the Extraordinary Appeals Chamber of the Swiss Criminal Co...

South Sudan's VP Machar accuses Uganda of violating arms embargo
Amina Wako  |  Mar 25, 2025

In a letter addressed to the U.N., African Union and the IGAD regional bloc, Machar said Uganda's military intervention in South Sudan had violated a...

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