US slaps sanctions on Sudan paramilitary leader

Washington — 

The United States connected Tuesday announced sanctions against a elder person successful war-torn Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for his relation successful obtaining weapons for the paramilitary organization.

Tens of thousands of radical person died and millions person been displaced since warfare broke retired successful April 2023 betwixt Sudan's service and the RSF aft their caput generals refused a program to integrate.

Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa was sanctioned "for his engagement successful RSF efforts to procure weapons and different subject materiel that person enabled the RSF's ongoing operations successful Sudan," State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller said successful a statement.

His actions person fueled warfare successful Sudan "and brutal RSF atrocities against civilians, which person included warfare crimes, crimes against humanity, and taste cleansing," Miller said.

The U.S. Treasury said that arsenic a effect of specified sanctions "all spot and interests successful spot of the designated persons... that are successful the United States oregon successful the possession oregon power of US persons are blocked and indispensable beryllium reported."

The United States has led diplomatic efforts to halt the warring successful Sudan but has seen constricted occurrence and leverage, with RSF commanders improbable to clasp large assets successful the West that would beryllium affected by sanctions.