Analysts say President Ruto’s friendliness with regional rebel groups positions Kenya as a country that ‘takes sides’.

President William Ruto has sustained continued commitment in spearheading regional peace initiatives by advocating for dialogue as the best solution to restoration of security in South Sudan.Ruto has been at the forefront in calling for a ceasefire in the troubled Africa's youngest state,

Kenya has for many years played an important role in promoting peace and stability across Africa, especially in Sudan. As a regional powerhouse and a trusted mediator, Kenya has been at the forefront of conflict resolution efforts in Sudan and South Sudan.

Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M's sweets, is increasingly being trafficked from rebel-held areas of war-torn Sudan, traders and industry sources say, complicating Western companies' efforts to insulate their supply chains from the conflict.

South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir has dismissed Monica Achol Abel as the country’s ambassador to Kenya and as a diplomat in the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, according to a decree issued on Wednesday. The announcement was made on the state-owned South Sudan Broadcasting Corporation (SSBC), though no specific reasons were provided for her removal.

The RSF responded by announcing at a gathering in Kenya that it and its allies will establish a ... The group, which fought the military in the past, is a breakaway faction of the SPLM, South Sudan’s ruling party. The growing ties with the RSF could ...

The Kenyan President William Ruto has suspended the Tumaini Initiative talks between the South Sudan government and opposition groups until next month. Ruto said the suspension of the mediation talks came after a meeting held with delegations from both government of South Sudan and the hold-out opposition.

Ruto, who met Thursday with holdout opposition groups from South Sudan in Nairobi, the capital of Kenya, said the talks will resume in March. The talks between South Sudan's transitional ...

Catherine Bashiama runs her fingers along the branches of the coffee tree she's raised from a seedling, searching anxiously for its first fruit buds since she planted it three years ago. When she grasps the small cherries, Bashiama beams.

JUBA | Xinhua | Diplomats from the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD), an East African bloc, on Wednesday expressed deep concern about the ongoing armed violence in Nasir County in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State.

At least four people sustained gunshot wounds as police clashed with protesters in Kenya’s Kakuma refugee camp, in the country's north. Thousands of refugees in the camp, which hosts people fleeing from conflict and drought in neighboring South Sudan,