The United States sanctioned a leader of the Rapid Support Forces, a Sudanese paramilitary group, for “leading efforts” to obtain weapons for the war that began 17 months ago, which has claimed more than 20,000 lives and devastated the northeastern country. from Africa.
Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa controls Tradive General Trading LLC, a front company based in the United Arab Emirates that imported vehicles to Sudan for the FAR and equipped them with machine guns, the US Treasury Department said Tuesday.
Algoney is the brother of FAR commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
The war between the Sudanese army and the FAR broke out in April 2023 in the capital, Khartoum, and has spread to the rest of the country.
The Treasury said Algoney’s actions have directly contributed to the FAR’s continued siege of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur state.
“At a time when the United States, the United Nations, the African Union and others are advocating for peace, key individuals on both sides — including Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa — continue to provide weapons to facilitate attacks and other atrocities against their own citizens,” he said. Bradely T. Smith, acting undersecretary of the Treasury for terrorism and financial intelligence.
The sanctions against Algoney mean that all its properties and interests in the US or under the control of US citizens are blocked and must be reported to the Treasury Department. The sanctions also block any entity that owns it directly or indirectly.
The United States last year imposed visa restrictions on officers of the Sudanese army and the FAR. The White House said then it would also impose sanctions on major defense companies that the United States says perpetuate violence in Sudan.
More than 13 million people have been forced to leave their homes. The war has been marked by atrocities such as mass rape and ethnically motivated killings that amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, according to international rights groups and the United Nations.
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