The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on eight individuals and entities linked to networks it said were fueling Sudan’s civil war, while urging the country’s warring parties to accept an “immediate, unconditional” three-month humanitarian truce.
The U.S. Treasury Department said the sanctions target networks supporting both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accusing them of supplying weapons, explosives and foreign fighters that have intensified the conflict and deepened one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
“The networks profiting from the conflict in Sudan jeopardize the prospects for the humanitarian truce that the Sudanese people desperately need,” Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said in a statement.
Among those sanctioned is a Sudan-based defence enterprise accused of supplying explosives, weapons-related materials and military equipment to the SAF. The measures also target an India-based explosives manufacturer and its chief executive for allegedly supporting those supplies.
The Treasury Department also imposed sanctions on three individuals linked to a Panama-based company accused of recruiting Colombian fighters to fight for the RSF.
Separately, the U.S. State Department announced additional measures under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and Warfare Elimination Act. The steps include opposing international financial institution loans to Sudan, imposing further Commerce Department export restrictions, and banning Sudanese state-owned air carriers from operating in the United States.
“These networks supply weapons, explosives, and foreign fighters to both the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces,” State Department spokesperson Tommy Pigott said. “Their support has prolonged a conflict that has created the world’s worst humanitarian crisis and provided space for terrorist groups to operate.”
Sudan has been engulfed in war since April 2023, when fighting erupted between the army and the RSF over plans to integrate the paramilitary force into the regular military. The conflict has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced nearly 13 million and triggered one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
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