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UK sanctions 15 Sudanese commanders from both sides over El Fasher abuses
October 26, 2026 at 06:05 PM
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3 reports · 1 in Arabic, 2 in English · over 2 hours
AJAl Jazeera English
Britain sanctions Sudanese commanders over weaponised rape
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SNSky News Arabia
عقوبات بريطانية جديدة تشمل 15 شخصية عسكرية سودانية
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TGThe Guardian
UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’
(opens the publisher’s site)The UK has imposed sanctions on 15 Sudanese military commanders from both the army and Rapid Support Forces, including figures accused of abuses in El Fasher.
- The Foreign Office added 15 figures from the Sudanese Armed Forces, Rapid Support Forces and allied militias to its sanctions list, imposing asset freezes and travel bans.
- Targets include RSF colonel Hussein Abu Jalak, linked to violence against civilians in El Fasher, and SAF Major General Awad al-Karim Ali Said, commander of the first infantry division.
- Also listed is Al-Nour Ahmed Adam, identified as playing a prominent role in the RSF attack on the city, along with Misbah Talha, commander of the Bara battalion.
- The Foreign Office said it hoped the action would ensure "the horrors that took place at El Fasher will be known to the world".
- The Foreign Office cited war crimes including sexual violence and torture, following UK-funded reporting by the Centre for Information Resilience.
- The sanctions come one year after El Fasher fell amid Sudan's ongoing civil war.