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No military victory will end Sudan’s war, says former PM Abdalla Hamdok
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 05, 2025

According to Abdalla, no military victory can bring lasting peace to the nation currently embroiled in a brutal civil war, calling the continued fight...

UN, IOM condemn deadly attack on humanitarian convoy in Darfur that killed 5 aid workers
Mary Wambui  |  Jun 04, 2025

The joint WFP-UNICEF convoy, consisting of 15 trucks, was attacked on Monday night while travelling to deliver food and nutrition supplies, approximat...

Sudan's warring sides trade blame after five aid workers killed in attack on UN convoy
XINHUA  |  Jun 04, 2025

The convoy, comprising 15 trucks delivering emergency food and nutrition supplies to famine-stricken El Fasher, was struck late Monday in the Al-Koma...

70,000 refugees arrive in Chad from Sudan amid escalating violence in North Darfur
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 03, 2025

MSF added that the Tine Camp is currently housing over 18,000 people, with many sleeping on the ground, amid shelter, water and food shortages despite...

Governor Mbarire's outburst exposes deepening internal conflicts within UDA
Barack Oduor  |  Jun 03, 2025

An angry Mbarire issued a stern warning to certain government officials plotting against her in alleged clandestine night meetings.

US defends UN Security Council’s extension of arms embargo on South Sudan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 02, 2025

The UN Security Council imposed an arms embargo on South Sudan in July 2018 to stop weapons from fueling its civil war, which had led to thousands of...

Sudan’s Prime Minister Kamil Idris dissolves government amid transition push
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 02, 2025

Kamil, who was sworn in on Saturday after being appointed by Sudan’s head of state and army chief, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, did not indicate when the t...

Is Sudan’s war the reason for South Sudan’s economic crisis? What’s really going on with oil revenue
The Conversation  |  Jun 02, 2025

South Sudan lacks the operational capacity to extract the oil it has in the ground.

South Sudan condemns UN Security Council’s extension of arms embargo, sanctions
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Jun 01, 2025

According to South Sudan, the extension undermines the nation's delicate peace efforts and complicates the unification of its armed forces.

Ruto blasts Sudan generals over escalating war, warns of humanitarian catastrophe
Lucy Mumbi  |  Jun 01, 2025

Ruto said that civilians are bearing the brunt of the conflict, as violence between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces escalates w...

UN Security Council extends arms embargo on South Sudan despite opposition
Mwangi Maina  |  May 31, 2025

The embargo, first imposed in 2018 following years of ethnic conflict that the UN estimates has claimed nearly 400,000 lives, marks its seventh renewa...

UDA extends registration deadline for ward-level elections to June 6
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 30, 2025

The party believe this extension will increase participation and help ensure fair and wide representation across the 22 counties involved in this phas...

Foreign aid cuts imperil millions in East Africa as hunger crisis deepens, World Vision warns
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 29, 2025

The region is also battling the effects of conflict, as seen in Sudan, where 38.73 per cent of the population is severely hungry and 52.12 per cent mo...

Tribunal orders South Sudan to pay Sh9.6 billion to Vivacell over investment deal breach
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 29, 2025

Vivacell and its mother company, BVI, moved to court in 2018, lodging 17 claims against South Sudan and demanding $2.9 billion (around Sh375.1 billion...

MSF warns of rising sexual violence in Darfur, urges urgent protection, medical support
Mary Wambui  |  May 29, 2025

Data from MSF Sudan shows that the organisation responded to 659 survivors of sexual violence in South Darfur between January 2024 and March 2025.

Cholera outbreak in Sudan kills 172, infects over 2,500 as MSF warns of escalating crisis
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 28, 2025

Reports indicate that the majority of the cases were recorded in Khartoum and Omdurman, with additional cases reported in other parts of the country.

South Sudan launches lifesaving vaccines to fight pneumonia, diarrhoea in children
XINHUA  |  May 28, 2025

Anin Ngot Ngot Mou, undersecretary in the Ministry of Health, described the rollout as a game changer in the fight against two of the country's leadin...

Sudan's RSF converts Zamzam Refugee Camp into military base
Bashir Mbuthia  |  May 26, 2025

Following the takeover, a wave of violence ensued, resulting in the deaths of hundreds of civilians and the displacement of 406,000 people, according...

Nairobi shifts position on Western Sahara, endorses Morocco’s autonomy plan
Mwangi Maina  |  May 26, 2025

Kenya had previously hosted SADR President Brahim Ghali and held formal ties with the self-declared republic, a stance that aligned more closely with...

Kenya officially opens embassy in Rabat, signalling diplomatic reset with Morocco
Mwangi Maina  |  May 26, 2025

The embassy was formally opened by Kenya's Foreign Minister Musalia Mudavadi and his Moroccan counterpart, Nasser Bourita, in a ceremony attended by d...

Cholera death toll in Africa surpasses 2,400 as South Sudan, DRC, Angola and Sudan hardest hit
Lucy Mumbi  |  May 25, 2025

The Africa CDC announced that as of mid-May 2025, a total of 115,513 cholera cases and 2,424 deaths have been reported across the continent.

UN arms embargo on South Sudan nears expiry amid renewed violence, civilian suffering
DW News  |  May 25, 2025

International efforts to end the conflict have included a United Nations (UN) embargo on arms transfers to the parties to the conflict, which expires...

US imposes sanctions on Sudan over alleged use of chemical weapons in civil war
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  May 24, 2025

In a more detailed response, Sudan’s Culture and Information Minister Khalid Al-Ayesir said the US had resorted to “political blackmail” and accused i...

Doctors Without Borders relocate services to Ethiopia as violence at South Sudan border escalates
Mary Wambui  |  May 24, 2025

The surge in violence was triggered by clashes at the border and exchanges of fire between the South Sudan People’s Defence Forces and an opposition g...

Kenyan truckers accuse govt of failing to secure release of six detained drivers in South Sudan
Amina Wako  |  May 23, 2025

Truckers argue that drivers from Kenya and other neighbouring countries frequently find themselves imprisoned over minor infractions, which is largely...

75 killed in South Sudan conflict since February
XINHUA  |  May 23, 2025

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk warned of a further deterioration in the human rights situation following a sharp increase in hostil...

36,000 civilian deaths recorded in 2024 conflicts amid widespread use of banned explosives -UN
Mary Wambui  |  May 23, 2025

Notably, civilians, including women and children, continued to bear the brunt of armed conflict, suffering death, injury, forced displacement, enforce...

Mudavadi heads to Rabat to open Kenya’s first embassy in Morocco, signaling diplomatic realignment
Mwangi Maina  |  May 23, 2025

It will be Mudavadi's inaugural trip to Rabat as foreign minister, and the first time a Kenyan foreign minister makes an official visit for bilateral...

DCP defends Orwoba after UDA expulsion, slams Speaker Kingi for defying court order
Rachael Mutabasi  |  May 22, 2025

The party highlighted Orwoba’s bravery in questioning Cabinet Secretary Alfred Mutua regarding the lost funds of Kenyans promised jobs abroad.

South Sudan's President Kiir promotes sanctioned ally as ruling party deputy
Reuters  |  May 22, 2025

If Kiir stepped down, Bol Mel's new role as the SPLM party's deputy chairperson would make him the acting president of the country.

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