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Sudan’s El Fasher on brink of collapse as RSF siege traps thousands
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 15, 2025

According to the organisation, the city is on the verge of total collapse, amid ongoing shelling, hunger and disease outbreaks.

Youth from Kenya, Uganda, Ethiopia, South Sudan urged to lead peace efforts in Karamoja
Issa Hussein  |  Oct 14, 2025

Local leaders, including Lorengkippi Chief Nathan Longorio, praised the initiative, highlighting its deliberate transfer of peacebuilding knowledge fr...

Kakamega Senator Boni Khalwale faces UDA disciplinary action for supporting rival in Malava by-election
Lucy Mumbi  |  Oct 14, 2025

The committee said Khalwale’s support for the opposing candidate in Malava has been “open, vocal, conspicuous and substantial” to clearly demonstrate...

300,000 flee South Sudan as Kiir–Machar conflict escalates, UN warns of civil war return
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 13, 2025

The resurgence of fighting has triggered mass displacement and deepened what the UN calls one of the world’s longest-running humanitarian crises.

Gov't to review police entry grades in marginal areas, says CS Murkomen
Issa Hussein  |  Oct 11, 2025

Residents and leaders voiced concern that the current academic threshold for joining the National Police Service is excluding many qualified young peo...

Drone, artillery strike kills 60 at refugee camp in Sudan
DW News  |  Oct 11, 2025

The paramilitary RSF has intensified its assault on El-Fasher, the last Darfur stronghold still held by the army. Activists say civilians are being sl...

Inside El Fasher: A city under siege as hospitals and civilians face relentless attacks
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Oct 11, 2025

The UN Office for the High Commissioner for Human Rights documented at least 53 civilians killed between October 5-8 alone in attacks across the El Fa...

UN Rights Chief appalled by continued killing of civilians in Sudan
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 11, 2025

The UN Human Rights Office has confirmed that at least 46 civilians were killed in artillery and drone strikes in the Abu Shouk and Daraja Oula neighb...

Conflicts in DRC and Sudan threaten COMESA integration, warns Secretary-General Chileshe Kapwepwe
Mwangi Maina  |  Oct 10, 2025

COMESA's intra-regional trade has declined for two consecutive years, with analysts warning that prolonged instability could stall the bloc's integrat...

President Kiir announces major government and military shake-up in South Sudan
Mwangi Maina  |  Oct 09, 2025

Under the new decrees, General Dau Aturjong was removed as Chief of Defence Forces of the South Sudan People's Defence Forces (SSPDF), replaced by his...

Over 60 killed or wounded in two days of Sudan's RSF shelling on civilians in El Fasher, North Darfur
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 09, 2025

On Wednesday, reports indicate that RSF artillery struck a packed displacement shelter within a mosque in El Fasher's Abushouk al-Hilla area, leaving...

South Sudan’s Francis Amin appointed to key FIFA committee
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 08, 2025

The Committee is one of FIFA's key governance arms, responsible for overseeing the development, administration and support of the organization's 211 M...

ICC renews call for the arrest of former Sudan President Omar al-Bashir
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 07, 2025

Deputy Prosecutor Nazhat Shameem Khan announced that the investigation on the situation in Darfur remains active and that all responsible for atrociti...

ICC convicts Darfur militia leader Ali Kushayb of 27 war crimes and crimes against humanity
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 06, 2025

In a historic ruling—the first ICC conviction linked to the Darfur conflict—the three-judge panel found Ali guilty of planning and personally particip...

UN assesses Kenya’s election readiness as government promises integrity in 2027 polls
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 06, 2025

The UN Mission is in Kenya following a request from the IEBC, which last month sought an independent evaluation of the country’s electoral environment...

32 journalists killed since Sudan's civil war erupted in April 2023 - syndicate
XINHUA  |  Oct 06, 2025

According to earlier figures from the syndicate, approximately 150 journalists have relocated from Khartoum to other regions, while around 70 have fle...

Sudan army accuses RSF of deadly drone strikes on civilians in North Kordofan
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 05, 2025

The Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) said the RSF carried out suicide drone attacks on Saturday evening in El Obeid, North Kordofan’s capital, damaging Al-...

UN warns of ‘catastrophic’ humanitarian crisis in Sudan’s Darfur
UN News  |  Oct 04, 2025

Aid groups warn that 260,000 civilians remain trapped without safe exit routes as the RSF reportedly builds berms to block movement and supplies. Mine...

Floods kill 19, affect nearly 640,000 in South Sudan: UN
XINHUA  |  Oct 04, 2025

Save the Children has reported a rise in waterborne diseases and an increase in snake bite cases, which are escalating public health concerns.

Kenya deepens ties with Morocco, hold first joint cooperation commission
Mwangi Maina  |  Oct 03, 2025

According to Kenya's newly inaugurated embassy in Rabat, the meeting successfully laid the groundwork for a forthcoming ministerial session to be held...

Sudan war: ICC judges to decide fate of ex-militia leader accused of Darfur atrocities
Mary Wambui  |  Oct 03, 2025

Abd-Al-Rahman, a suspected former leader of the pro-government Janjaweed militia, is accused of 31 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, s...

Sudan's capital confronts Nile's wrath in record flood
XINHUA  |  Oct 03, 2025

Residents awoke to the unfolding disaster three days ago. Farmland that stood green just weeks earlier is now submerged. Men cluster at the broken edg...

Sudan: RSF drone strikes leave dozens dead, injured in El Fasher
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Oct 02, 2025

According to the Sudan Doctors Network, the attacks were deliberate rocket and drone strikes targeting innocent civilians.

In narrow alleys of Sudan's capital, volunteers battle dengue fever spread
XINHUA  |  Oct 01, 2025

To build an effective dengue prevention barrier, the Sudanese government recently initiated a campaign aimed at cutting off the transmission of the vi...

Satellite images show rapid RSF drone buildup in South Darfur
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 30, 2025

36 launchers were visible in the latest imagery, with 20 of them newly installed since the September 26 observation. According to researchers, the com...

Sudanese army makes first supply airdrop to besieged El Fasher base in five months
XINHUA  |  Sep 30, 2025

An eyewitness reported seeing an Antonov aircraft fly over the city on Monday morning, dropping boxes inside the base. The plane was not targeted by a...

Sudan declares red alert as deadly floods, landslides kill thousands, displace thousands
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 29, 2025

On Monday, the country’s Irrigation Ministry warned residents in Khartoum, River Nile, White Nile, Sennar, and Blue Nile states to remain cautious, sa...

South Sudan on edge as Riek Machar faces historic treason trial after court rejects immunity claim
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Sep 29, 2025

Machar, who has been under house arrest since March, was formally charged two weeks ago along with seven others over alleged links to a militia attack...

95 people died from hunger, disease in Western Sudan's refugee camp during past 40 days: Volunteers
XINHUA  |  Sep 29, 2025

Last Thursday, the Sudan Doctors Network, a non-governmental organisation, reported 23 deaths from malnutrition among children and women in El Fasher...

South Sudan is unstable: How a weak state benefits the ruling elite
The Conversation  |  Sep 29, 2025

Instability has allowed the elite to undermine the justice system and actively suppress efforts at reconciliation.

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