Kenya has been the target of numerous cyberattacks by the hacker collective Anonymous Sudan that targeted a number of vital government websites.
On their Telegram channel, the hacktivist collective announced their cyberattack and claimed they had seriously damaged Kenyan network infrastructure.
Many users reported not being able to access the websites.
However, no government agency has confirmed the existence of any cyber attack.
The hackers claimed that Kenyan meddling in Sudanese affairs was the cause of the cyberattack.
They claimed that the Kenyan president had strained bilateral relations by allegedly undermining the sovereignty of the Sudanese government.
On Monday, July 24, a Sudanese military officer dared Kenya to intervene in the country’s conflict, the latest indication that Khartoum is still uneasy with President William Ruto’s mediation role.
General Yasir Alatta, the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) Assistant Commander-in-Chief, accused President Ruto of “being a mercenary for another country” in a media address on Sunday. Nairobi has stated that it is not taking sides in the conflict.
Khartoum has consistently rejected Kenyan leadership’s intervention since the June 15 Igad summit in Addis Abeba, accusing President Ruto of bias — ostensibly due to alleged past business ties with Lt-Gen Daglo.
However, on July 15, Mr Ruto phoned Sudan junta leader Abdel Fattah al-Burhan to persuade him to cooperate with the Igad quartet, which the Kenyan leader leads, and consider a ceasefire that would allow humanitarian agencies to reach the more than 2.5 million people internally displaced by the conflict that began on April 15.
To avoid duplicity, the Igad chair proposed that parallel mediation talks under the Jeddah Initiative, led by the US and Saudi Arabia, work in tandem with Igad.
