The European Union reiterates its commitment to the unity and territorial integrity of Sudan and the sovereignty of the Sudanese people.
Plans for parallel ‘government’ by the Rapid Support Forces risk the partition of the country and jeopardise the democratic aspirations of the Sudanese people for an inclusive Sudanese-owned process that leads to the restoration of civilian rule.
The European Union calls upon the parties to the conflict to end the harassment of civil society representatives and to refrain from restricting civic space. The EU’s framework for restrictive measures on Sudan targets people or entities undermining efforts to resume the political transition in the country. EEAS
Twelve people have been killed in a horror crash on the R21 northbound before the OR Tambo International Airport off ramp in Gauteng on Tuesday morning.
The accident scene, which involves a bus, is still active. William Ntladi, spokesperson for the City of Ekurhuleni Disaster and Emergency Management Services said a bus jack-knifed and rolled several times.
"We have accounted 12 fatalities so far. All of them adults."
A total of nine men and three women were killed. Ntladi said other injured patients have been taken to the hospital. Emergency officials are at the scene, and the roadway has been closed completely to traffic.
He said more information would be provided at a later stage. A total of 19 people have been killed in two bus crashes in the past two weeks. In the most recent bus crash, nine churchgoers died in a bus crash on Sunday afternoon.
The 82-seater bus carrying churchgoers crashed on the N2 between Richards Bay and Shaka’s Kraal at around 4 pm.The crash involved a passenger bus from Pontys Transport in Tongaat.
According to the Road Traffic Management Corporation, preliminary reports suggest that the crash happened due to a tyre failure, causing the driver to lose control.
In the other incident, ten people died in a bus crash on the N6 in the early hours of March 5, 2025. The crash took place approximately 15 km south of Reddersburg towards Smithfield. Sipho Towa, District Manager for Free State EMS Control Center, said the crash involved a City to City bus with 37 passengers that collided with a truck. The bus driver escaped with critical injuries. By Jolene Marriah-Maharaj, IOL
Kaetuai was killed by armed gangs while on duty in Haiti. The Multinational Security Support Mission confirmed his death in late February, stating that he succumbed to injuries sustained during an operation. The National Police Service later reported that he was shot by suspected gang members and succumbed to gunshot wounds despite efforts to rush him to hospital.
The body of Police Officer Samuel Tompoi Kaetuai, who was killed while serving on a peacekeeping mission in Haiti, arrived in Nairobi on Monday evening and was received with full honors at Jomo Kenyatta International Airport (JKIA).
Deputy Inspector General of the Administration Police Service Gilbert Masengeli led a delegation of officers to receive the fallen officer’s remains. Nominated Senator Peris Tobiko, family members, and friends, led by his father, Salaash Kaetuai, were also present.
The body was transferred to Chiromo Mortuary for preservation as burial preparations continue. The burial date will be announced in the coming days.
Kaetuai was killed by armed gangs while on duty in Haiti. The Multinational Security Support Mission confirmed his death in late February, stating that he succumbed to injuries sustained during an operation. The National Police Service later reported that he was shot by suspected gang members and succumbed to gunshot wounds despite efforts to rush him to hospital.
Foreign Ministry Principal Secretary Korir Sing’Oei expressed his condolences on X, saying he was “heartbroken by the loss of a member of Kenya’s deployment.”
Haiti has been grappling with escalating gang violence, with the United Nations reporting 5,601 killings in 2024—1,000 more than the previous year. The UN also documented 315 lynchings of alleged gang members and 281 suspected summary executions by police. More than a million Haitians have been displaced due to the crisis, according to the UN migration agency.
The Kenyan-led peacekeeping mission faced temporary uncertainty in February when the US, under President Donald Trump’s directive, suspended international funding. However, US Secretary of State Marco Rubio later issued a waiver, allowing the operation to proceed. Capital News
The Uganda People’s Defence Forces Chief of Defense Forces (CDF) and first son, Gen. Muhoozi Kainerugaba in the wee hours of Tuesday revealed on his X (formerly Twitter) handle that Ugandan troops are in South Sudan to protect President Salva Kiir and secure the capital, Juba.
Shortly before the disclosure to secure Juba, he wrote that the UPDF recognizes only Salva Kiir as the president of South Sudan and that any move against him is akin to a declaration of war against Uganda.
“We the UPDF, only recognize ONE President of South Sudan, H.E. Salva Kiir, he is our ‘Afande’ even in UPDF because he is the younger brother of Mzee [Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni]! Any move against him is a declaration of war against Uganda! All those who commit that crime will learn what it means!” he wrote.
“As of 2 days ago, our Special Forces units entered Juba to secure it,” Gen. Kainerugaba added.
He polished off with: “We shall protect the entire territory of South Sudan like it was our own. That is the will of the Commander-in-Chief!”
Known for his outbursts and controversial late-night and early-morning posts on X, the Ugandan president’s son has in the past often riled neighboring countries and created uncomfortable diplomatic spats from which Ugandan officials have distanced themselves.
In a controversial post in December last year, Gen. Kainerugaba said, “I’m going to give only ONE WARNING to ALL white mercenaries operating in eastern DRC. From 2nd January 2025, we will attack all mercenaries in our area of operations.”
He added: “In the name of Jesus Christ, the God of all Bachwezi, there shall not be left one white mercenary in DRC this time next year!”
The Government of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) reacted by summoning Uganda’s Acting Chargé d’Affaires in Kinsasha, Matata Twaha Magara, to seek clarification on the Uganda government’s official position on the matter.
Relatedly, on 18 December 2024, Sudan demanded an official apology from the Government of Ugandan for what it referred to as the offensive and dangerous comments published by the Ugandan Chief of Defense Forces on the X platform in which he threatened to seize Khartoum as soon as U.S. President-elect Donald Trump takes office.
In a statement issued by its foreign ministry, Sudan also called on the African Union and regional and international organizations to condemn these statements, and what they entail in terms of a clear threat to regional and international security and an insult to Africans.
Gen. Kainerugaba’s controversial post on X was deleted, like many others
According to the statement, the Sudanese foreign ministry considered the Ugandan army chief’s comments reckless, and irresponsible and said “They represent a complete departure from the rules of conduct of those occupying senior official and military positions, including prudence, discipline, and choice of words.”
“These comments embody an abnormal precedent and a regrettable level of disregard for international law, the norms of dealing between states, and the requirements of mutual respect between brotherly and friendly peoples,” the statement read in part. “The threat of war, the violation of the sovereignty of states, and the challenge to the Charter of the United Nations, the African Union, and the rules of international law are too dangerous to be a subject of trivialization, seeking the spotlight, and astonishment.”
Before that, Gen. Kaineruga threatened to invade Kenya and capture Nairobi within a few days. His father, President Museveni would later apologize to Kenya.
Gen. Kainerugaba (with pistol) in South Sudan after UPDF deployed in the country when war erupted in December 2013. (Courtesy photo)
The Ugandan Army Chief is no stranger to South Sudan and was severally in the country when the UPDF intervened after the war erupted in December 2013. At the time, the Ugandan foreign ministry said the UPDF came in to protect Juba International Airport and to ensure the evacuation of Ugandans and other nationals. However, the UPDF soon took on a larger mandate, including fighting rebels on the Juba-Bor Road and recapturing Bor Town between late December 2013 and early January 2014. Observers blamed the Ugandans for using cluster bombs against the rebels. Radio Tamazuj
A photo collage of Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja and GSU officers stand gurad at Jesus Winners Ministries in Nairobi on March 9, 2025.
Photo NPS/Screengrab
Inspector General of Police Douglas Kanja has spoken out following Sunday’s protests where hundreds of youth attempted to storm Jesus Winner Ministry in Roysambu, Nairobi.
The incident left several protesters, including journalists covering the event, injured due to alleged police harassment. Some media personnel were also denied access to the church.
Speaking to the media after inaugurating the Thika Police Community Chapel at Thika West Sub-County Police Headquarters, Kanja condemned the events and called for restraint among officers involved.
Responding to journalists’ inquiries, Kanja reaffirmed that the National Police Service (NPS) does not condone the use of force against the media.
"I am not aware of the Kasarani incident but generally, our position is very clear. The National Police Service works closely with the media—we share the same space and must collaborate," Kanja stated.
"If there are isolated incidents, they do not reflect the position of the NPS. Our goal is to work with everyone because we need each other," he added.
The journalist, who did not want to be named as he had forgiven the police officer, was hit with a police button on the arms, leaving him with injuries.
Additionally, over 38 youths were arrested shortly after and detained at Kasarani Police Station in Nairobi after they engaged police in running battles near the Roysambu roundabout.
They were later released on Sunday evening after the Law Society of Kenya and other civil groups went to the station to demand their unconditional release.
LSK President Faith Odhiambo faulted the police over the use of excessive force and indiscriminate lobbing of tear gas canisters in residential areas.
''We take note of reports of several persons who have been beaten up and injured by police. We demand that the National Police Service exercise restraint from using excessive force against the people,'' Odhiambo warned.
''We have also seen images of police indiscriminately lobbing teargas canisters in largely residential areas and without provocation. This itself is a breach of the peace and order police are required to maintain.''
The protests paralysed transport momentarily at a section of Thika Road near the TRM mall after the youth barricaded the road using stones and burnt tires.
However, the anti-riot police from the General Police Service together with their counterparts from the regular police repulsed their efforts and pushed them into the adjacent estates. By Frankline Oduor, Kenyans.co.ke
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