Sudan: Australia Sanctions El Burhan and Hemedti Over Sudan War and Human Rights Abuses
Penny Wong said the Magnitsky-style measures target four Sudanese figures and one armed group accused of abuses, while aid groups get a relief work permit.
- On Thursday, November 5, 2026, Australian Foreign Minister Penny Wong announced human rights sanctions and travel bans on four Sudanese individuals and an armed group, citing serious violations of international humanitarian law.
- The conflict, which erupted on April 15, 2023, has devastated Sudan as the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces are accused of widespread atrocities, including sexual violence and extrajudicial killings.
- Canberra sanctioned army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, alongside West Darfur's de facto governor Al-Tijani Al-Tahir Karshoum and RSF commander Hussein Barsham, while designating the Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade.
- These measures freeze assets and prohibit Australians from dealing with the targets; the government introduced a humanitarian permit to ensure essential aid reaches more than 14 million displaced people.
- Washington sanctioned both commanders in January 2025, and while international funding has totaled US$6.23 billion since 2023, only about half of this year's US$2.87 billion humanitarian requirement is currently secured.
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Sudan: Australia Sanctions El Burhan and Hemedti Over Sudan War and Human Rights Abuses
Canberra -- Australia has imposed targeted sanctions, and travel bans on four Sudanese individuals, including Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) Commander and Transitional Sovereignty Council President Lt Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as 'Hemedti', over the ongoing war in Sudan.
Australia joins US and Canada in imposing asset freezes and travel bans on rival military leaders in war-torn African nation after more than $6.23 billion in humanitarian aid
Australia has joined the United States and Canada in imposing sanctions and travel bans on Sudan's rival military leaders, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan and Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, after more than three and a half years of war and billions of dollars in humanitarian aid.
The Australian Ministry of Foreign Affairs has imposed sanctions on the Commander-in-Chief of the Sudanese Army, Abdel Fattah Al-Burhan, and on the leader of the Rapid Reaction Force rebel movement, Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo. Australia has restricted and frozen the assets of four Sudanese military and political figures, as well as financial sanctions against the armed group, Brigada Al-Bara` and Bin Malik, and has transferred TASS. The sanctions ha…
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Australia Sanctions Sudanese Figures, Brigade; Issues Humanitarian Permit
Australia sanctioned four Sudanese nationals and Al-Baraa Bin Malik Brigade under the country's human-rights sanctions authority, the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade said Nov. 5. The designations target Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman Al-Burhan, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo Mousa, Al-Tijani Al-Tahir Karshoum...
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