The United States has announced it will impose sanctions on Sudan due to the military's use of chemical weapons against the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) amid an ongoing civil war. State Department spokesperson Tammy Bruce stated that the US is urging Sudan to stop such practices and comply with the Chemical Weapons Convention. Alongside export restrictions and blocking access to US financial support, these sanctions are set to take effect around June 6, highlighting the international community's growing concerns over Sudan's escalating humanitarian crisis and atrocities committed in the conflict.
The United States will impose sanctions on Sudan after determining that the country's military used chemical weapons last year while fighting against paramilitary forces.
US Department of State spokesperson Tammy Bruce said the US calls on the Government of Sudan to cease all chemical weapons use and uphold its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention.
Sudan's army and the RSF have been locked in a civil war since April 2023 following a power struggle between the two sides.
The conflict has created one of the world's worst humanitarian crises and a famine across Sudan, killing thousands and displacing 13 million people.
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