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Kenya balances Quad backing with call for Africa-led peace talks to end Sudan conflict
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 15, 2025

Nairobi stressed that such initiatives aimed at restoring peace and stability in Sudan must be coordinated under African leadership rather than throug...

RSF drones target Sudan army bases and key infrastructure in escalating civil war
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 14, 2025

According to an army official who spoke to AFP on condition of anonymity, the strikes targeted the headquarters of the Sudanese army’s 18th Division i...

President Ruto backs UN peace efforts in Sudan, urges warring sides to end violence
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 13, 2025

On July 28, Sudan’s ruling council accused Kenya of undermining its sovereignty after the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) announced the creation of a paral...

Sudan’s RSF strikes Khartoum with drones, triggers power outage
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 09, 2025

In May, drones struck three major electricity stations in Omdurman, sparking a severe blackout that affected one of the state's most populated areas.

IOM reopens Khartoum office after two years of conflict in Sudan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 09, 2025

Most UN agencies and foreign embassies moved to Port Sudan after clashes broke out in April 2023 between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid...

UN calls for targeted sanctions amid Sudan’s devastating war
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Sep 06, 2025

During a major ground offensive on Zamzam from April 11-13, the RSF and its allies killed between 300 and 1,500 people, mostly women and children.

Sudan halts oil operations in Heglig after RSF drone assaults kill workers
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 01, 2025

The latest attack, the second in less than a week, occurred early Saturday when drones struck both the Heglig oil fields and the nearby airport.

Sudan floods kill 10, destroy homes as conflict deepens humanitarian crisis
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 28, 2025

Local media reports show that River Nile State was among the worst-hit areas, with entire villages submerged, dozens of homes destroyed, and widesprea...

Sudan: ‘Devastating tragedy’ for children in El Fasher after 500 days of siege
UN News  |  Aug 28, 2025

The Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been battling forces of the military government for control of Sudan for over two years, has cut off all sup...

RSF accused of shelling hospital, abducting eight civilians in El-Fasher
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 24, 2025

Abu Shouk, which shelters thousands of persons displaced by fighting, has now come under attack twice this month. A week ago, at least 31 people were...

WFP aid convoy attacked in Sudan's North Darfur, food relief trucks torched
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 21, 2025

According to the UN body's spokesperson, Gift Watanasathorn, who condemned the incident, all WFP staff are safe and accounted for. She similarly calle...

Sudan government relocates ministries from war-ravaged Khartoum to safer cities
Mwangi Maina  |  Aug 20, 2025

The relocation order covers the Council of Ministers, key ministries—including finance, minerals, and information—and the central bank, but makes no m...

Sudan’s army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan reshuffles top command amid civil war
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 19, 2025

The appointments, which were made a day after several long-serving officers retired, include changes to the Joint Chiefs of Staff, the inspector gener...

Sudan army accused of torture, 'execution chambers' in Khartoum as war fuels famine, cholera crisis
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 17, 2025

The Emergency Lawyers group claims that since the army retook Khartoum in March, hundreds of people have been arrested, with some later found dead, th...

31 killed, 13 injured in RSF attack in El Fasher, Western Sudan: volunteer groups
XINHUA  |  Aug 17, 2025

The Sudan Doctors Network, a volunteer group, said in a statement that the RSF conducted a "heinous crime" by "deliberately targeting" the Abu Shouk d...

‘Only hunger and bombs’ for besieged civilians in Sudan’s El Fasher
UN News  |  Aug 14, 2025

Between January and June, the RSF, which has been battling forces of the military government for control of Sudan for over two years, has attacked the...

RSF attack on Darfur camp kills 40 civilians, injures 19 in escalating Sudan conflict
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 12, 2025

The civil war, which began in April 2023 between the RSF and the Sudanese army, has plunged Sudan into violent conflict, killing thousands and forcing...

Libya linked to Sudan’s RSF military camp as UN condemns arms flow amid ongoing Darfur conflict
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 11, 2025

A video report released by the UK-based Centre for Information Resilience used satellite imagery, online videos, and photographs to trace vehicles fro...

16 killed, eight injured in paramilitary forces attack in western Sudan - volunteer groups
XINHUA  |  Aug 09, 2025

The network condemned what it described as "a brutal attack," stating that it constitutes a full-fledged "war crime" and reflects a systematic pattern...

Sudan: El-Fasher faces famine as supplies cut off, UN says
DW News  |  Aug 08, 2025

The UN has warned that "everyone" in the besieged capital of North Darfur was under a daily struggle to survive, with food prices soaring and no acces...

Sudanese air force destroys UAE plane carrying Colombian mercenaries: Sudan TV
XINHUA  |  Aug 07, 2025

Citing military sources, the TV reported that the Sudanese air force launched a surprise strike on the runway of Nyala International Airport in South...

Sudan charges RSF Commander Hemedti, brother with genocide, murder of Darfur Governor
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 06, 2025

Fourteen additional RSF members have also been implicated in connection with Khamis' killing.

Ruto defends China trade relations amid US Senate scrutiny of Kenya’s global ties
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 06, 2025

Ruto acknowledged that the evolving relationship with China had caused discomfort among some of Kenya’s traditional Western allies, but maintained tha...

Kenya's Non-NATO status at risk as US Congress probes Ruto administration over extrajudicial killings, Sudan's RSF links
Lucy Mumbi  |  Aug 05, 2025

A series of recent developments in Nairobi have triggered concern in Washington, with US legislators now calling for a formal reassessment of the part...

Sudan’s rebel force has declared a parallel government: What this means for the war
The Conversation  |  Aug 05, 2025

The Rapid Support Forces, originally formed from the Janjaweed militias in 2000s Darfur, later became a powerful state-backed paramilitary group that...

New report details RSF atrocities in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains, calls for international probe
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 05, 2025

The report documented 23 confirmed cases of rape during the review period but warned that the actual number is likely much higher due to stigma and fe...

Mounting civilian casualties in Sudan as fighting intensifies
UN News  |  Aug 05, 2025

Prices of food items such as sorghum and wheat are more than four times higher than elsewhere in the country, while many families are unable to afford...

Sudanese army accuses RSF of handing over Zamzam camp to Colombian mercenaries
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 04, 2025

Once a refuge for over 300,000 displaced people, the camp was later transformed into a heavily fortified military and artillery base, according to loc...

Sudan: Is a rival government splitting the country in two?
DW News  |  Aug 02, 2025

The new rival "Government of Peace and Unity" in Darfur has not been internationally recognised. But observers fear it could bring more civil war, hum...

Arab League condemns RSF-linked move to form parallel government
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Jul 31, 2025

Sudan has been engulfed in a devastating conflict since April 15, 2023, when a long-standing power struggle between the country’s two main military fo...

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