US targets key RSF leader with new sanctions over Sudan war

The commander of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, General Mohamed Hamdan Daglo (Hemedti).

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In a new move to increase accountability and attempt to end the bloody conflict in Sudan, the United States on Tuesday imposed new sanctions on a senior leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa, who is the younger brother of Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti).

This decision follows his prominent role in facilitating the RSF’s acquisition of weapons and military equipment used in attacks against civilians, including a recent assault on El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.