Sudan, Somalia, Ethiopia, Eritrea and the Red Sea security belt.
Kenya’s renewed push for an inclusive and unified peace process in Sudan is facing mounting scrutiny amid accusations that Nairobi’s engagement with actors linked to the conflict risks undermining its credibility as a neutral broker. In recent remarks after meeting UN Secretary-General’s Personal Envoy for Sudan, Pekka Haavisto, the Foreign Affairs CS warned that the
A new bill in the US Congress seeking to unlock Somaliland’s access to the global financial system is the latest indication of a broader shift in Washington’s approach to the breakaway region. The proposed Somaliland Economic Access and Opportunity Act (H.R. 7993), introduced by John Rose and co-sponsored by Andy Ogles and Pat Harrigan, directs
BY AGNES GITAU When PM Benjamin Netanyahu telephoned Hargeisa on December 26 to inform Somaliland president Abdirahman Mohamed Abdullahi that Israel would become the first country to recognise his territory’s independence, the decision may have looked like bold diplomacy from Jerusalem. However, from the Horn of Africa, it looked like a dangerous ignorance of a
DR MOHAMED A. OMAR On December 26, 2025, the State of Israel formally recognized the Republic of Somaliland as a sovereign and independent nation. By doing so, Israel became the first country in more than three decades to do so. This decision, rooted in realism, legitimacy, and the spirit of the Abraham Accords, is not
The South Sudan’s government has ordered international organizations and NGOs operating in the country to keep their funds in local banks, warning that the era of routing money through neighboring Kenya or Uganda is over. Cabinet Affairs Minister Martin Elia Lomuro called out international organizations and non-governmental groups operating in South Sudan for banking in
The already severed diplomatic relations between Kenya and Sudan dipped further, with Nairobi accusing the junta government of scapegoating for its internal woes. In a strongly worded statement by the Office of Prime Cabinet Secretary and CS for Foreign Affairs, Kenya told off the Sudan Armed Forces, who had accused Nairobi of backing the rebel
Former Prime Minister Raila Odinga peace mediation in South Sudan is facing various setbacks even before it takes off. South Sudan Presidential spokesperson David Majur on Sunday denied Raila’s claim that it is on President Salva Kiir’s recommendation that he went to see Uganda’s Yoweri Museveni. Instead, Majur said, Raila was already scheduled to meet Museveni
The junta government in Sudan made another huge gain on Wednesday after it recaptured the Khartoum Airport. The Abdel Fattah al Burhan-led junta also announced it had taken control of the Tiba al-Hassanab camp in Jabal Awliya. Sudan Armed Forces said the camp was the rebel Rapid Support Force’s main base in central Sudan and
Sudan has banned all imports from Kenya for hosting sanctioned Rapid Support Forces, who announced a parallel government in Nairobi on February 22. Sudan’s Ministry of Trade and Supply on Thursday issued a decree suspending all imports from Kenya indefinitely following a Cabinet resolution. The move, Sudan said, is a response to Kenya’s move to
A committee of IGAD ministers will be formed to monitor restoration of normal;cy in South Sudan and ensure implementation of the 2018 peace agreement. The 43rd IGAD Extraordinary Summit directed that under the leadership of Djibouti President Ismail Omar Guelleh, who is the regional organisation chairman, a Ministerial-level sub-committee on South Sudan be formed to
President William Ruto on Wednesday skipped a key virtual meeting of regional leaders to discuss the escalating fighting in South Sudan. Instead, the President spent the day launching projects and holding rallies in the capital Nairobi. He was represented by National Security Adviser Monica Juma at the 43rd Extraordinary Summit of Heads of State and
Prime CS and Foreign Affairs Minister Musalia Mudavadi has warned conflicts in the Horn of Africa and the Middle East will escalate terror risks globally. Speaking in Budapest during his official visit, Mudavadi said terrorism remains a threat in the world, and thrives in “an environment of lawlessness, where there is disorder and conflict”. “In
The United States has ordered the departure of its non-emergency employees from South Sudan following escalation of fighting in the country. Through a travel advisory issued on Saturday, the US State Department also warned against traveling to the Horn of Africa country due to “crime, kidnapping, and armed conflict”. “Armed conflict is ongoing and includes fighting between various
