Treasury Sanctions Recruitment Network Enabling War in Sudan, Calls for Humanitarian Truce

Action Marks Three Years Since Start of Civil War in SudanWASHINGTON—Today, following the third year of the devastating civil war in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) imposed sanctions on five individuals and entities involved in recruiting and deploying former Colombian military personnel to Sudan to fight on behalf of the RSF. This network has fueled the conflict, which has given rise to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises and famines. The war has further destabilized an already fragile region, creating conditions for terrorist groups to expand and threatening regional and international peace and security, including the safety and interests of the United States.