Sudan blocks Kenyan goods as AU rejects ‘parallel’ government bid

Sudanese RSF deputy leader Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo (right) and Sudan People's Liberation Movement North leader Abdelaziz Al-Hilu (centre) in Nairobi, Kenya on February 18, 2025.

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Sudan says it will block entry of all Kenyan goods in the latest protest against Nairobi’s dalliance with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the paramilitary group that has been fighting the army since April 2023.

The decision was rendered in a decree issued by Omar Ahmed Mohamed Ali, the acting minister for Trade and Finance of Sudan, halting all imports from Kenya through all ports, border crossings, airports and entry points.