US Sanctions Sudan Armed Forces Leader, Procurement Official
The U.S. this week sanctioned Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan for being the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the group locked in monthslong fighting with the country’s Rapid Support Forces that has harmed innocent civilians, the Treasury Department said. The agency also sanctioned Ahmad Abdalla, who is a Sudanese-Ukrainian national working for Defense Industries System, the primary procurement arm of the SAF, and Portex Trade Limited, which is a Hong Kong-based company controlled by Abdalla.
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Treasury also stressed that it has issued “broad” general licenses to authorize certain Sudan-related transactions involving humanitarian aid.
The announcement comes about a week after Treasury sanctioned Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa, commander of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (see 2501070024).