{"id":20054413,"date":"2023-09-29T16:02:21","date_gmt":"2023-09-29T14:02:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20054413"},"modified":"2023-09-29T16:03:18","modified_gmt":"2023-09-29T14:03:18","slug":"new-us-sanctions-target-those-who-contributed-to-sudans-instability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/new-us-sanctions-target-those-who-contributed-to-sudans-instability","title":{"rendered":"New US sanctions target \u2018contributors to Sudan\u2019s instability\u2019"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

On Thursday, the USA imposed new sanctions on Ali Karti, head of the Islamic Movement in Sudan, and two companies affiliated with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), one of which is based in Russia. The US State Department also imposed visa restrictions, on Islamists and former regime officials, because they \u2018undermined the transition to democracy in Sudan\u2019.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US Department of the Treasury said in a press release<\/a> yesterday that the US Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control \u201ctargeted two entities and one individual for their role in undermining the peace, security, and stability of Sudan\u201d. <\/p>\n\n\n\n

The department stated that the actions of Ali Karti \u201chave obstructed efforts to reach a ceasefire to end the current conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and opposed Sudanese civilian efforts to resume Sudan\u2019s stalled democratic transition\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Karti, who served as Minister of Foreign Affairs under the government of Omar Al Bashir, was selected as leader of the Sudanese Islamic Movement (SIM) after Al Bashir was ousted, in April 2019.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He \u201cled efforts to derail Sudan\u2019s progress toward a full democratic transition, including by undermining the former civilian-led transitional government and the Framework Political Agreement process, which contributed to the outbreak of fighting between the SAF and RSF on April 15,\u201d the press release reads.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cHe and other hardline Sudanese Islamists are actively obstructing efforts to reach a ceasefire to end the current war between the SAF and RSF and opposing Sudanese civilians\u2019 efforts to restore Sudan\u2019s democratic transition.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken commented<\/a> yesterday that Karti and other former Al Bashir regime officials are not only obstructing efforts to reach a ceasefire between the SAF and the RSF, but are also \u201cmobilizing forces to enable continued fighting\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The visa restrictions include \u201cSudanese Islamists and officials in the former Al Bashir regime, as well as other individuals who work to suppress human rights and fundamental freedoms or participate in other actions that undermine Sudan\u2019s aspirations for democracy\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

According to the Sudan War Monitor<\/a>, the sanctions have been made against companies which have supplied the RSF with drones. These include the \u201cRussian company, Aviatrade LLC, and a Sudanese company, GSK Advance Company Ltd\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Brian E. Nelson, Treasury Under Secretary for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence, said that \u201cWe will continue to target those who work to perpetuate this conflict for personal gain\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The US Department of the Treasury\u2019s Office of Foreign Assets Control on September 6 imposed sanctions on RSF Deputy Commander Abdelrahim <\/a>Dagalo<\/a> for alleged human rights abuses in Sudan.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

In mid-July, the UK sanctioned<\/a> six companies they say belong to the leaders of the SAF or the RSF. British Foreign Secretary James Cleverly said this was an effort to directly target \u201cthose whose actions have destroyed the lives of millions\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

On May 4, a US executive order imposed sanctions<\/a> on individuals destabilising Sudan, but did not mention any names. Later that month, experts called for broader targeted sanctions<\/a> to limit the humanitarian disaster caused by the SAF-RSF war that broke out on April 15.<\/p>\n