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Kenya halts mediation in South Sudan crisis at Juba’s request
Lucy Mumbi  |  Feb 20, 2025

Ruto said he had met with the opposition delegation and, at the request of the South Sudanese government, agreed to temporarily pause the negotiations...

Sudan recalls ambassador to Kenya amid RSF controversy
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 20, 2025

This marks the second diplomatic withdrawal in just over a year, following the January 2024 recall after President William Ruto hosted RSF leader Moha...

Fresh UN report exposes horrors of Sudan's RSF militia amid Nairobi hosting.
Barack Oduor  |  Feb 20, 2025

The report reveals that since May 2024, when the war broke out, 832 civilians have been killed, including at least 79 women and 111 children, while 1,...

Kenya defends decision to host Sudanese parallel government talks amid Port Sudan's outrage
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 20, 2025

Port Sudan maintains that Kenya is overstepping diplomatic boundaries by facilitating discussions that seek to create an alternative power centre outs...

Attacks by Sudan's RSF leave over 200 dead as force prepares political charter
Reuters  |  Feb 19, 2025

White Nile state, where activists said three days of RSF attacks had left more than 200 dead, has emerged as a key battleground as the army regains te...

Sudan to allow aid agencies to use Adre border crossing for three more months
Reuters  |  Feb 18, 2025

The government had last year restricted the use of the crossing, which is crucial to reaching famine-stricken parts of the Darfur region, saying that...

UN seeks $6 billion to ease 'appalling' suffering in Sudan
Reuters  |  Feb 17, 2025

Famine conditions have been reported in at least five locations in Sudan, including displacement camps in Darfur, the U.N. statement said, adding that...

Kenya walks diplomatic tightrope as Sudan's RSF set to announce formation of parallel government from Nairobi
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 17, 2025

The planned announcement from Nairobi, framed as the "Political Charter for the Government of Peace and Unity," is being positioned as an effort to "r...

Sudan, ‘the most devastating humanitarian and displacement crisis in the world’
UN News  |  Feb 16, 2025

A UN fact-finding mission has documented a range of harrowing human rights violations committed by both the SAF and RSF, and called for investigations...

Sudan's RSF attacks famine-stricken camp as battle lines harden
Reuters  |  Feb 16, 2025

Medical aid agency MSF has confirmed seven deaths from the violence, while residents say dozens may have been killed.

Conflicts in DRC and Sudan expected to overshadow deliberations at African Union summit
DW News  |  Feb 15, 2025

African Union analyst Emmanuel Bensah told DW from Accra, Ghana, that it is crucial that African leaders attending the summit in Addis present concret...

Aid alone won't solve Sudan crisis, IGAD warns as it pushes for peace
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 14, 2025

IGAD Executive Secretary Workneh Gebeyehu acknowledged that previous aid commitments had helped alleviate suffering but insisted that more needed to b...

Ruto says political crisis driving Sudan's war, urges shift to peaceful resolution
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 14, 2025

Kenya has been actively pushing for peace efforts, with Ruto reiterating that military solutions will not bring lasting stability.

Sudan confirms plans by Russia to set up naval base in the Red Sea
Charles Adinda  |  Feb 14, 2025

Russia has stood by Sudan's military government on the international stage, using its veto power at the UN Security Council to block resolutions calli...

UNHCR seeks Sh81.37 billion to help Sudan's refugees displaced by war and host communities
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 14, 2025

Since the war began, over nine million people have been displaced within Sudan, including 266,000 refugees forced to flee multiple times.

Employers' confederation calls for IGAD support to stabilise Sudan's economy amid conflict
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 14, 2025

Sudan is facing one of its worst crises in modern history as conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary RSF continues to push the...

Dozens killed as RSF raids villages in White Nile State as violence escalates in Sudan
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Feb 13, 2025

The Al Jazirah Observatory reported that 30 people were shot dead in the Na'ima and al-Jamalab areas, while 15 others drowned in the White Nile while...

IGAD endorses George Owinow as chair of South Sudan's peace implementation body
Mwangi Maina  |  Feb 05, 2025

Owinow, nominated by the Kenyan government, replaces Major General (Rtd) Charles Tai Gituai, who has held the role since August 2020.

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