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U.S. Adds Sudan Army Leader to Sanctions List As Conflict Worsens

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) leader, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, following reports of human rights violations by the army. Footage on social media shows the army and allied forces carrying out torture, extrajudicial killings, and widespread destruction in areas previously controlled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The action comes a week the U.S. announcement of sanctions against the RSF leader for acts it described as genocide. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the SAF of war crimes. The sanctions block on al-Burhan and a Hong-Kong-based weapons supplier from entering or transiting the United States and restrict their access to any U.S. assets.

On January 7,  U.S. Secretary of State Antony Blinken accused the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its allied militas of committing genocide by "systematically" murdering men and boys - including infants - on an ethnic basis. He also said women and girls from certain ethnic groups are "deliberately" targeted for rape and other sexual violence.The sanctions were imposed on RSF leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa, known as Hemedti, and companies in the United Arab Emirates accused of procuring arms for the group.

The latest conflict began in 2023 when the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces - that made up a transitional government - began a power struggle. The violence has left tens of thousands dead and millions more displaced.

SUDAN NEWS AGENCY, Sudan Embassy

General Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, chairman of the Transitional Sovereign Council of the Republic of Sudan, left, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), commander of the Rapid Support Forces

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RSF members clear barricades in Khartoum (file photo).

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