US sanctions individuals, entities for ‘fueling’ Sudan’s civil war

The US on Friday sanctioned eight individuals and entities linked to networks fueling Sudan’s civil war, calling on both warring parties to accept an “immediate, unconditional” three-month humanitarian truce, Anadolu reports. The Treasury Department said the sanctions target networks supporting both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accusing them of enabling the conflict to intensify while contributing to 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. The sanctions target a Sudan-based defense enterprise allegedly involved in supplying explosives, weapons-related materials and military equipment to the SAF, […]