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Ruto’s RSF ties under scrutiny

Allegations over Kenya’s role in Sudan’s conflict – all denied by Nairobi – are straining relations with Khartoum

The detail in a United States Treasury Department sanctions list in February that Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa, the youngest brother of the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF)...


A new axis emerges

Fresh evidence reveals covert military cooperation on Ethiopia’s western frontier, reshaping the dynamics of Sudan’s war

When Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan visited Ethiopia’s Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed in February, he raised questions about Ethiopia’s rumoured involvement in Sudan’s war and the alleged presence...


Abiy opts for a pause in Tigray – for now

Tadesse Werede’s extended mandate points to a fragile accommodation, with both sides managing pressure while holding off a renewed clash

With the mandate of Tigray’s interim administration expiring, Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed has opted to retain the existing leadership rather than push Tigrayan allies into authority. Federal authorities...


Siege mentality pushes politics to brink

Juba looks determined to escalate the fighting by marginalising Riek Machar’s camp and unilaterally rewriting the 2018 peace accord

Impervious to African and international criticism, the government in Juba is pressing ahead with a militarist strategy that has led regional experts to argue that the country has...


How Juba is engineering mass hunger

Forced displacement is pushing Jonglei towards famine conditions as the government expels the very agencies trying to avert catastrophe

In late January, government forces ordered civilians, UN personnel and humanitarian workers to move from several counties in Jonglei, including from the UN Mission in South Sudan (UNMISS)...


Winnie Odinga tries to build bridges as the ODM fractures

The daughter of opposition leader Raila Odinga is continuing the family dynasty and its shaky alliance with President Ruto

The Odinga family strengthened its grip on the Orange Democratic Movement (ODM) following a Special National Delegates Convention (SDC) on 26 March but its political base will be...


The one-party state and its discontents

The ODM’s oligarchs are determined to build a coalition with President Ruto – but the party’s rebels are gathering support

On 10 March, President William Ruto fired the starter’s gun on coalition talks with the Orange Democratic Movement in the traditional Kenyan way – by setting up a...


Aziz takes a run at the Nation

A Tanzanian business mogul with close ties to regional presidents could reshape East Africa’s largest media group

Rostam Aziz’s takeover of Kenya-based Nation Media Group (NMG) is more than a business deal: it hands East Africa’s most influential media conglomerate to one of Tanzanian President...


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