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BY NJOKI KARANJA Port Sudan, October 13, 2025. The Port Sudan-based Defense Industries System has finalized a new $230 million weapons deal with Pakistan, following the suspension of a previous agreement to purchase fighter jets and military equipment. The signing took place during an official visit to Islamabad by a high-level Sudanese delegation seeking to renegotiate the terms of military cooperation after political and technical setbacks derailed the earlier deal dated August 24, 2025. According to Pakistan’s The Current newspaper, the Sudanese delegation was led by General Mirghani Idris, Director of the Defense Industries System, who remains under U.S. and European sanctions. The team also included Lt. Gen. Magdi Ibrahim, Deputy Chief of Staff; Lt. Gen. Mohamed Ali Sabeer, Head of Military Intelligence; Brig. Mutasim Abdullah Elhaj, Deputy Director of the Defense Industries System for Product and Service Development; and Col. Eng. Abdelaleem Altayeb Alawad, CEO of Saf...

BY NJOKI KARANJA  October 12, 2025 — Khartoum. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have strongly criticized remarks by the U.S. Senior Advisor for African Affairs, Mr. Massad Paulos, and several regional partners involved in the “Peaceful Solution to End the Sudanese Crisis” initiative, accusing them of unfairly blaming the RSF for alleged attacks on a shelter in El Fasher, North Darfur. In a statement issued on Sunday evening, the RSF expressed “astonishment and dismay” at what it called a hasty condemnation based on “one-sided information and double standards.” The group insisted that El Fasher is currently devoid of civilians, claiming that remaining pockets of resistance consist mainly of “Popular Resistance” and operatives of the “terrorist regime,” who have allegedly converted hospitals and mosques into military sites for launching attacks. “These groups deliberately disguise their positions within civilian facilities, then manipulate narratives to accuse our forces of...

BY NJOKI KARANJA.  October 11, 2025 — Khartoum The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have strongly denied allegations that their units carried out an air or artillery strike targeting a displaced persons’ shelter in El Fasher, North Darfur. In an official statement released on Saturday, the RSF described reports from what it called “media rooms linked to the Islamic Movement’s terrorist army” as false and misleading. The statement asserted that the claims were part of a deliberate disinformation campaign aimed at covering up what it described as “repeated battlefield defeats” suffered by the opposing forces and their allied mercenaries. “The accusations spread through outlets operating under the security apparatus of the former regime—using names such as ‘El Fasher Resistance Committees’—are unfounded fabrications,” the RSF said. “These claims are contradicted by the accounts of thousands of civilians who have left the city safely after our forces provided secure corridors and...

BY NJOKI KARANJA.  Nairobi, Kenya – October 2025 Uganda’s State Minister for Cooperatives, Hon. Frederick Ngobi Gume, has been honoured to attend the 14th Africa Ministerial Cooperative Conference, currently taking place at the Safari Park Hotel in Nairobi, Kenya. The high-level continental gathering has drawn ministers, policymakers, and cooperative leaders from across Africa to deliberate on the role of cooperatives in driving inclusive economic growth and sustainable development on the continent. Hon. Gume, who has served as Uganda’s State Minister for Cooperatives since June 6, 2016, and represents Bulamogi North West County in Kaliro District, highlighted Uganda’s progress in strengthening cooperative societies as a key pillar of rural transformation. In his remarks during the ministerial roundtable, Gume emphasized Uganda’s renewed commitment to revamping the cooperative movement, improving access to financial services, and empowering local communities through col...

BY NJOKI KARANJA  Khartoum, October 7, 2025  The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have announced the downing of a Turkish-made “Akinci” drone over the city of El Fasher, North Darfur, in the early hours of Tuesday morning. In a statement released by the Office of the Official Spokesman, the RSF said its Air Defense Unit successfully intercepted the drone, which had been used days earlier to launch deadly airstrikes on civilian areas. The group alleged that more than 80 people were killed in Bulbul Tembesko, west of Nyala, and several others in Al-Zuruq, North Darfur, during the attacks. The RSF condemned what it described as “deliberate targeting of civilians” by what it called the “Terrorist Islamic Movement Army,” accusing it of using Turkish-manufactured drones in a campaign of genocide and ethnic cleansing. “These attacks form part of a broader scheme carried out by groups that aim to eliminate entire civilian communities, particularly in areas where our forces have ...

BY NJOKI KARANJA.  El-Obeid / Khartoum, 26 September 2025.  The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) said Friday that its fighters repelled an attack by “the Islamic Movement army and mercenary/terrorist brigades” on multiple fronts west of El-Obeid in North Kordofan, inflicting heavy losses and capturing hundreds of items of equipment. In a statement published by the RSF on 26 September, the paramilitary’s spokesperson said RSF fighters — described in the statement as “the brave” — defeated what it called a “reckless” assault, killing “hundreds” of enemy combatants and seizing more than 170 armed vehicles along with artillery, rocket launchers and large stocks of ammunition. The statement added that RSF forces remained in their positions and were preparing to push toward new axes “as part of preparations to continue the advance toward enemy strongholds,” framing the operations as part of a wider project to establish a “new Sudan.”  The RSF memorialised its...