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title: "Why is Kenya Supporting Sudan's Paramilitaries?"
description: "Kenya has hosted RSF leaders as they declared a parallel Sudanese government, torching ties with Port Sudan. Gold flows, Gulf money, and Ruto's personal link to Hemedti explain the gamble."
url: https://fronts.co/videos/why-is-kenya-supporting-sudans-paramilitaries.md
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Kenya has hosted RSF leaders as they declared a parallel Sudanese government, torching ties with Port Sudan. Gold flows, Gulf money, and Ruto's personal link to Hemedti explain the gamble.

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