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Sudan: UK sanctions four paramilitary commanders over 'mass killings'
The UK imposed asset freezes and travel bans on four RSF commanders accused of mass killings and sexual violence in El Fasher, pledging £21 million in humanitarian aid.
- On Friday, Britain sanctioned senior RSF commanders, imposing travel bans and freezing their assets.
- Evidence including satellite photos and geolocated footage revealed BBC Verify-confirmed video from October showing executions, investigations documenting siege tactics, and Yale University's Humanitarian Research Lab satellite imagery of mass graves in el‑Fasher, Darfur.
- The UK named Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, Gedo Hamdan Ahmed, and Tijani Ibrahim Moussa Mohamed, accusing them of mass killings, sexual violence, and attacks on civilians, supported by prison footage and social-media removals.
- Alongside sanctions, Britain announced a £21m UK government aid package for civilians in remote areas, while UK Foreign Secretary Yvette Cooper called the atrocities `a scar on the conscience of the world`.
- The move followed the United States' sanctions two days earlier and international diplomatic plan for a three-month truce, amid civilians displaced and broader civil war context since April 2023.
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UK sanctions Sudan RSF deputy, others over El-Fasher atrocities
The UK on Friday imposed sanctions on senior commanders of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) suspected of "heinous violence" in the Darfur hub of El-Fasher, which the paramilitary group captured in October. The Foreign Office in London said those targeted include RSF second-in-command Abdelrahim Hamdan Daglo, whose brother Mohammad Hamdan Daglo is the group's leader, as well as three other commanders. They are accused of "mass killings, systema…
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UK sanctions RSF commanders over links to mass killings in Sudan
Britain sanctioned senior commanders of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces on Friday, over what it said were their links to mass killings, systematic sexual violence and deliberate attacks on civilians in the African country.
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