ِAs three years have passed since the outbreak of war in Sudan, the United States has renewed its commitment to ending the conflict in the Arab-African country, alongside imposing new sanctions on five individuals and entities involved in recruiting and deploying former Colombian soldiers to fight alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as “Hemedti.”
The U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced that “this network has contributed to fueling the conflict, leading to one of the worst humanitarian crises and famines in the world.”
It added that “the war has further destabilized an already fragile region, creating conditions for the expansion of terrorist groups and threatening regional and international peace and security, including the safety and interests of the United States.”
U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent reaffirmed the Trump administration’s commitment to achieving lasting peace in Sudan. This is reflected in the United States providing $20 million in emergency food assistance in March, along with an additional $200 million pledged during the Sudan Humanitarian Fund pledging conference hosted by the United States last February.
