The Government of Sudan has officially banned the importation of Kenyan products into the country.
In a directive on March 11, 2025, the Ministry of Trade and Supply directed all concerned parties to implement the directive.
“The import of all products coming from the State of Kenya through all ports, crossings, airports and outlets is suspended, effective from this date until further notice,” Acting Minister Omar Ahmed Mohamed Ali said.
“All concerned parties must implement the decision.”
The decision followed a Cabinet resolution adopted over Kenya’s dalliance with Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The Sudanese Sovereign Council also accuses Nairobi of sponsoring activities of the RSF and their allies.
“Based on Cabinet Resolution No. (129) of 2024 AD, and in accordance with the powers stipulated in Cabinet Resolution No. (104) of 2021 AD, and based on the recommendation of the committee formed by the Sovereignty Council to deal with the State of Kenya for hosting the Rapid Support Militia and its allies and sponsoring their activities and meetings, and in order to preserve Sudan’s supreme interests and confirm its sovereignty and protect its national security.”
The RSF and their allies signed a pact to establish a unity government in the war-torn North African nation.
The signing of the agreement was a culmination of intense four-day negotiations in Kenya by key stakeholders who convened in Nairobi.
The Sudanese government is now accusing Kenya of hostility after it allowed the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to host its activities at the Kenyatta International Convention Centre (KICC).
Sudan said in a statement that Kenya has also violated the principles of good neighbourliness by doing this.
The Ministry of Foreign Affairs insisted that this is also against Kenya's pledges to not allow hostility against Sudan in its territory.
“Hosting leaders of the terrorist RSF militia and allowing them to conduct political and propaganda activities constitutes an endorsement of and complicity in these heinous crimes," Sudan said.
“Equally, this action by the Kenyan government not only violates the principles of good neighbourliness but also contravenes the pledges Kenya has made at the highest levels not to allow hostile activities against Sudan to be carried out on its soil. It is, therefore, tantamount to an act of hostility against the entire Sudanese people."
