In the meantime small steps forward include a summit in Cairo attended by Sudan's neighbours and a phone call between army chief General Abdel Fattah al Burhan and Kenya's President William Ruto at the weekend...

The biggest blockage was that the SAF representatives who had arrived in Addis ahead of the talks had refused to attend because they regard Kenya's President William Ruto who chairs the Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)'s mediation on Sudan as favouring the RSF...

The dispute adds a wrinkle to President William Ruto's attempts to extend EAC membership...

One of the loudest voices at the summit was Kenya's President William Ruto who called for the IMF and the World Bank to be replaced as the main global lenders...

After nine months in power Kenya's President William Ruto has not appeared shy about wielding executive power...

Pressure is piling on President William Ruto's government over planned tax rises in the Finance Bill due next week that has prompted the country's public service trade unions to petition Parliament to reject the proposals...

Instead he wants to stay on as leader of the rump Jubilee party following a chaotic week in which rival factions battled for control of the Jubilee party formed by Kenyatta and his former deputy now president William Ruto...