The United States has imposed sanctions on four companies it accuses of fueling the conflict in Sudan, while increasing pressure on the military and paramilitary forces to end fighting in Khartoum and other regions.
The US Treasury Department said it had targeted two companies linked to Sudan’s military and two companies linked to the rival paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Reuters reported.
A senior US administration official, while briefing reporters on condition of anonymity, said that if the parties continue to destroy their country, we will not hesitate to take further measures.
The sanctions on the companies are far from symbolic, he said, adding that the measures are aimed at preventing the parties from accessing the weapons and resources that allow them to sustain the conflict.
Sudan’s military and RSF did not immediately respond to requests for comment on the matter.
The U.S., along with Saudi Arabia, is leading efforts to ensure an effective ceasefire while both sides have violated ceasefire lines.
The military said on Wednesday it had suspended talks in the Saudi Arabian city of Jeddah, but a senior US official said neither side had suspended the talks and talks were continuing.
It should be noted that at the beginning of this week, Saudi Arabia and the United States continued talks to reach an agreement to extend the ceasefire between Sudanese army chief Abdul Fattah al-Barhan and Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Muhammad Hamdan Daglu. had demanded to keep it where the ceasefire was expiring the next day while the number of people killed due to the ongoing clashes has reached 866 and the number of injured was 3721.
It should be noted that the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces signed an agreement in the Saudi city of Jeddah last week in which a humanitarian ceasefire was agreed for 7 days, which will be extended from Monday evening. can
Fighting broke out between the military and Rapid Support Forces in Sudan on April 15 as military and civilian parties were finalizing a political process.
It should be noted that hundreds of people have been killed in this battle that started on April 15 between the Army and the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, while thousands of people have been forced to migrate to save their lives.
The ongoing struggle for power in Sudan has turned into the deadliest violence, where two generals of the forces that will establish a military government in 2021, Army Chief Abdul Fatt al-Barhan and his deputy, the powerful paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed The fight between Hamdan Deglu continues.
Omar al-Bashir came to power in a military coup in 1989 and was overthrown in a popular coup in 2019. Two years later, the military led a coup led by General Abdul Fattah al-Barhan, supported by the RSF, and took power. .
The current conflict between the army and RSF leader General Mohammad Hamdan Dagalu began over differences over how quickly the RSF should be integrated into the army as part of the planned restoration of civilian rule.
Apart from this, the ongoing war between the two military generals had also triggered a two-decade-old conflict in the western city of Darfur, due to which dozens of people died.
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2024-08-15 01:50:50
