Sudan Stories

UN warns human rights face growing threats worldwide in 2025 as funding for activists falls
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Dec 10, 2025

The UN warns global human rights are under growing threat in 2025, citing funding cuts, escalating conflicts and attacks on defenders, even as youth-l...

Sudanese herders struggle to safeguard livestock amid devastating war
XINHUA  |  Dec 10, 2025

Sudan's livestock sector, once a pillar of the national economy that contributed over 20 per cent of GDP with an estimated 140 million animals, has be...

All we want for Sudan is peace, say children fleeing violence
UN News  |  Dec 10, 2025

Sudan is in the midst of the world’s most severe humanitarian crisis, since the conflict erupted 2023 between the Sudanese Armed Forces and paramilita...

ICC sentences Sudanese militia leader Ali Kushayb to 20 years for Darfur war crimes
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 09, 2025

Abd-Al-Rahman, 76, also known as Ali Kushayb, was convicted in October of 27 counts, including murder, rape, torture and attacks against civilians in...

Sudan’s RSF seizes Heglig oilfield in major strategic blow to army amid escalating conflict
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 08, 2025

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces have seized the Heglig oilfield in South Kordofan, the country’s largest oil hub, in a major setback for the army amid a...

WHO calls for ceasefire after deadly attacks on civilians in Sudan kill 114, including 63 children
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 08, 2025

WHO confirms drone strikes in Sudan’s South Kordofan killed 114 people, including 63 children, hitting a kindergarten and hospital. The agency urges a...

Sudan puts Russian Red Sea naval base plans on hold to focus on domestic crisis
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 07, 2025

Sudan has frozen plans for a Russian naval base on the Red Sea, a senior military official says, contradicting reports of progress as the war-torn cou...

Children killed in Sudan’s South Kordofan drone attacks as humanitarian crisis worsens
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 07, 2025

Drone strikes on the army-held town of Kalogi in Sudan’s South Kordofan killed 79 people, including 43 children, hitting a kindergarten and hospital a...

Court to hear petition challenging eligibility of Embu North MP Leo Wa Muthende
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 06, 2025

Chief Justice Martha Koome has assigned Judge Richard Mwongo to hear a petition at the Embu High Court challenging Mbeere North MP Leo Wa Muthende Nje...

Interns in public institutions to receive stipends, leave and insurance under new law
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 06, 2025

Parliament has approved the Public Service Internship Bill, 2022, promising stipends, leave and insurance for interns in public institutions, pending...

Court dismisses petition to remove Governor Guyo over alleged party defection, sets strict rules for party switching
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Dec 05, 2025

Petitioners claimed Guyo and Lowasa had defected from Jubilee Party to the United Democratic Alliance (UDA), but the court found no legally valid resi...

Sudan: Kordofan cannot become ‘another El Fasher,’ UN rights chief warns
UN News  |  Dec 05, 2025

The Sudan conflict has created one of the world’s largest humanitarian crises, with some 30 million people needing assistance.

Full implementation of NADCO report puts UDA–ODM pre-election alliance under pressure
Barack Oduor  |  Dec 04, 2025

UDA and ODM pre-election alliance faces new pressure as NADCO report implementation advances, amid Rigathi Gachagua’s claims of bad faith and analysts...

Kenya secures deal with Russia to free citizens recruited to fight in Ukraine
Lucy Mumbi  |  Dec 04, 2025

Kenya has reached an agreement with Russia to release Kenyans recruited to fight in Ukraine, after months of talks, with its Moscow embassy already he...

Sudan’s crisis deepens with communities trapped in ‘siege conditions’
UN News  |  Dec 04, 2025

Meanwhile, the situation in and around El Fasher – which UN relief chief Tom Fletcher called a “potential crime scene” following its capture by militi...

From protesting tyranny to saving lives: How Sudan’s networks are responding to war
The Conversation  |  Dec 03, 2025

These groups, which helped organise mass protests in 2018, have since become a lifeline for communities affected by the civil war that began in 2023.

Gunman hijacks aid plane in South Sudan, arrested after safe landing in Wau
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 03, 2025

A gunman hijacked a Samaritan's Purse medical aid flight in South Sudan, forcing hours in the air before a safe landing in Wau, where police arrested...

Somalia welcomes first group of Sudanese students under new scholarship programme
Abdirahman Khalif  |  Dec 03, 2025

Education Minister told the audience that Somalia and Sudan have maintained close ties for many years and that the programme is intended to reinforce...

Rights group calls for nationwide Sudan arms ban amid deadly attacks
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 03, 2025

Further, Amnesty urged the UN Security Council, African Union, European Union, IGAD, and global powers to back a countrywide arms embargo, replacing t...

‘I have to talk about it' - rape and terror sparks mass migration in Sudan
The Conversation  |  Dec 02, 2025

Since its independence in 2011, South Sudan has remained among the most fragile states globally, plagued by chronic political instability and humanita...

Sudan army makes major gains in South Kordofan, retakes key villages from SPLM-N
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Dec 02, 2025

The Sudan conflict has killed more than 40,000 people, displaced over 14 million, and driven parts of the country into famine, creating one of the wor...

Sexual violence driving mass flight from Sudan to South Sudan: What you need to know
The Conversation  |  Nov 30, 2025

Researchers collected nearly 700 stories from people fleeing Sudan’s war to South Sudan, revealing widespread rape and terror against women and girls...

Sudan signals willingness to coordinate with UN despite ongoing RSF clashes
Bashir Mbuthia  |  Nov 30, 2025

The war in Sudan has killed more than 40,000 people, displaced over 14 million, and pushed parts of the country into famine, creating one of the world...

Ruto and Oburu strengthen UDA-ODM alliance after by-election win
Issa Hussein  |  Dec 01, 2025

President Ruto defended his development record in the northern Kenya region, reassuring that no area will be left behind.

1,000 weapon‑wounded patients treated in South Sudan hospitals this year - ICRC
Mary Wambui  |  Nov 29, 2025

The combined effects of conflict in South Sudan and Sudan, intercommunal violence, and severe flooding throughout the year have devastated communities...

Panyako cries foul after loss in Malava polls, claims results ‘subverted’
Rachael Mutabasi  |  Nov 28, 2025

Panyako expressed gratitude to supporters for what he described as unwavering trust, saying they stood firm despite what he alleged were acts of viole...

Mass displacement, trafficking fears deepen crisis in Sudan’s El Fasher
UN News  |  Nov 28, 2025

Across Sudan, nearly 12 million people – about half of them children – are now forcibly displaced or have fled to neighbouring countries, with sexual...

UDA, Wiper and DCP claim key MCA seats in by-elections
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 28, 2025

Mandera County saw Ahmed Maalim Hassan of the United Democratic Alliance (UDA) win the Banisa Ward by-election, obtaining 10,431 votes.

Tension as rival camps clash in Mbeere North polls
Maureen Kinyanjui  |  Nov 27, 2025

The election day drama intensified when DP leader and former National Assembly Speaker Justin Muturi confronted a man from neighbouring Nyeri, MCA Kir...

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