US to impose sanctions on Sudan

23/5/2025 6:14

The United States will

impose sanctions on Sudan after determining its government used

chemical weapons in 2024 during the army's conflict with the

paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, the State Department said on

Thursday.



Measures against Sudan will include limits on U.S. exports

and U.S. government lines of credit and will take effect around

June 6, after Congress was notified on Thursday, Department

spokesperson Tammy Bruce said in a statement.



"The United States calls on the Government of Sudan to cease

all chemical weapons use and uphold its obligations under the

CWC," Bruce said, referring to the Chemical Weapons Convention

treaty banning the use of such weapons.



Sudan's foreign ministry did not immediately respond to a

request for comment.



The war in Sudan erupted in April 2023 from a power struggle

between the army and the RSF, triggering mass displacement,

famine and ethnically-driven killings.



Washington in January imposed sanctions on army chief Abdel

Fattah al-Burhan, accusing him of choosing war over negotiations

to bring an end to the conflict.



The U.S. has also determined members of the RSF and allied

militias committed genocide and imposed sanctions on some of the

group's leadership.



The New York Times reported in January, citing four senior

U.S. officials, that the Sudanese army had used chemical weapons

at least twice during the conflict.



Bruce's statement said the U.S. had formally determined on

April 24 under the Chemical and Biological Weapons Control and

Warfare Elimination Act of 1991 that the government of Sudan

used chemical weapons last year.