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Kenya-Sudan trade row deepens as Khartoum denies tea exports

President William Ruto in Laikipia west during the beginning of his tour of the Mt. Kenya region on April 1,2025. [Kipsang Joseph]

Kenya's diplomatic spat with Sudan has escalated after Khartoum dismissed President William Ruto's claim that the country is still importing Kenyan tea despite an official trade ban.

The blatant denial now seems to put President Ruto on the spot, coming just days after he assured farmers that exports to Sudan were ongoing, a claim the Sudanese ruling junta now flatly rejects.

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