Rapid Support Forces Stories

Khartoum Bahri battles surge in malaria, dengue and typhoid as cholera death toll rises
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 17, 2025

The outbreak has overwhelmed health centres already crippled by conflict, with facilities destroyed before the army retook the state from the Rapid Su...

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...

Green investment rises as lenders pump Sh18 trillion into climate finance
Alfred Onyango  |  Sep 12, 2025

The increase comes at a time when governments are under mounting pressure to accelerate the transition to low-carbon economies.

AU, IGAD and UN urged to push Sudan rivals back to negotiations amid worsening conflict
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 11, 2025

At a high-level meeting on Thursday, participants of the Nairobi Panel on the Humanitarian Crisis in Sudan called for an immediate end to military ope...

African leaders adopt Addis Ababa Declaration as second African Climate Summit ends
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 10, 2025

The declaration aims to mobilise resources for Africa’s green development and place the continent at the forefront of innovative, homegrown climate so...

Sudan’s people tortured and killed in ‘slaughterhouses’, rights probe says
UN News  |  Sep 10, 2025

Shortly after presenting a mandated report to the Human Rights Council in Geneva on Tuesday, the chair of the Fact-Finding Mission on Sudan, Mohamed C...

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.

Africa urges wealthy nations for $50 billion annual climate support amid rising crises
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 08, 2025

AU Commission Chairperson Mahmoud Ali Youssouf said Africa’s exposure to climate shocks, such as droughts and floods, was undermining development and...

National Assembly to scrutinise Creative Economy Bill over "Money Bill" status
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 08, 2025

The Creative Economy Support Bill (Senate Bills No. 30 of 2024), sponsored by Migori Senator Eddy Oketch, proposes the creation of a Creatives Fund to...

Kenyan Commander says Haiti Mission on course despite officer’s death
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 07, 2025

MSS commander Godfrey Otunge said officers deployed to the Caribbean nation remain upbeat and are proud of their role in restoring stability in a coun...

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 accuses UAE of using Puntland as arms pipeline for RSF fighters
Mwangi Maina  |  Sep 04, 2025

According to Sudanese officials, Colombian mercenaries and Turkish-made rifles have made their way into the ranks of the Rapid Support Forces, the par...

Landslide kills around 1,000 in Sudan’s Darfur amid ongoing civil war
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 02, 2025

Additional media reports indicate that delivering aid to the area has been difficult, with rescuers struggling to recover and properly bury those buri...

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’s cholera outbreak surpasses 100,000 cases amid war and famine
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 01, 2025

The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) described it as Sudan’s largest outbreak in years, driven by unsafe water, mass disp...

Kenyan officer, civilian killed in Multinational Security Mission convoy crash
Lucy Mumbi  |  Sep 01, 2025

One of the vehicles was towing the other when it developed mechanical failure, triggering the crash at Perlerin 9.

Egyptian military delegation in Mogadishu as Cairo prepares troop deployment to Somalia
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Aug 31, 2025

The visit follows the completion of specialised training by the Egyptian contingent, designed to prepare them for operations in Somalia.

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...

Sudanese cabinet holds first meeting in Khartoum since onset of civil war
XINHUA  |  Aug 27, 2025

The prime minister recently announced that the government will relocate to Khartoum in the coming months, after previously operating from Port Sudan,...

Somalia welcomes first Egyptian troops for new AU mission
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Aug 26, 2025

Somalia’s Ministry of Defence emphasised that the involvement of multiple troop-contributing countries demonstrates the shared commitment across the c...

Nearly 1.65 million IDPs return home as Sudan displacement numbers fall
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Aug 26, 2025

9,937,444 million people remained displaced across the country's 18 states during the period under review, down from a record 11.5 million IDPs record...

US wants foreign force in Haiti doubled, scale back on Kenya’s role in taking on gangs
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 21, 2025

The US is drafting a resolution to present to the United Nations Security Council to "properly resource" Haiti's fight to reduce gang territorial cont...

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...

Ruto, US Secretary Rubio discuss Haiti security mission, trade as Kenya pushes UN support
Mary Wambui  |  Aug 19, 2025

In June, Kenya asked the UN Security Council to fast-track the establishment of a UN Support Office in Haiti to provide logistical and operational bac...

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...

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