Treasury Sanctions Sudanese Paramilitary Commanders for Atrocities in El-Fasher

WASHINGTON—Today, the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three commanders of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—a Sudanese paramilitary group—for their actions in El-Fasher, Sudan. These individuals were involved in the RSF’s 18-month siege of and eventual capture of El-Fasher, in which the RSF perpetrated a horrific campaign of ethnic killings, torture, starvation, and sexual violence. Since the beginning of Sudan’s civil war in April 2023, the RSF and its aligned militias have committed widespread atrocities, including war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. “The United States calls on the Rapid Support Forces to commit to a humanitarian ceasefire immediately.