UK slaps sanctions on Sudan RSF paramilitary deputy, other commanders
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London: The UK Friday imposed sanctions on senior commanders ofSudan s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) suspected of heinous violence in the Darfur hub of...
London: The UK 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, systematic sexual violence and deliberate attacks on civilians" when the RSF dislodged the Sudanese army from El-Fasher, its last stronghold in the western Darfur region.
They now face UK asset freezes and travel bans.
The government said the RSF's actions in El-Fasher were "not random" but instead "part of a deliberate strategy to terrorise populations and seize control through fear and violence".
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