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,

The U.S. State Department on Sunday ordered nonemergency government personnel to leave South Sudan’s capital as tension escalates because of fighting in the north. The travel advisory issued on Sunday stated that fighting was ongoing and that “weapons are readily available to the population.

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.

Kenyan President William Ruto has appealed for calm in South Sudan, where an escalating security situation threatens to jeopardise a peace agreement that ended a five-year civil war.

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.

As global temperatures continue to rise, similar extreme heat waves in February could occur once every 10 years, according to the study. And if warming doubles by the end of the century, similar heat waves could occur annually. High temperatures are forecast to continue in the region through March.

Since Tuesday, soldiers of the South Sudanese army have surrounded Machar’s home in Juba, according to members of the vice president’s party, the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement in Opposition (SPLM/IO). Kiir heads the ruling Sudan People’s Liberation Movement (SPLM).

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 ...

Sudan’s envoy, Al-Harith Idriss al-Harith Mohamed, criticized Kenya for allowing the signing of the RSF’s charter in its country, saying the agreement seeks to dismantle his country.

LONDON/DUBAI - Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M's candy, is increasingly being trafficked from rebel-held areas of war-torn Sudan, traders and industry sources say,

Kenya has reaffirmed its position as a key regional peace mediator following the signing of a peace agreement in Nairobi by Sudanese political parties, civil society representatives, and military factions.