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Sudan crisis is a chance for Kenya to step up role as regional arbiter

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Fire seen over houses nera Khartum International Airport amid clashes between the Sudan Military and the RSF. [Courtesy VOA]

Sudan is in turmoil because of the power struggle between General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, commonly known as Hemedti, the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The two worked together in the past to topple the regime of former President Omar Bashir and now their supremacy battles threatens both Sudan's and regional security.

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