Overview
- Britain imposed asset freezes and travel bans on four RSF commanders, including deputy leader Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, for suspected mass killings, systematic sexual violence and attacks on civilians in El Fasher.
- The UK paired the sanctions with a £21 million package for food, water, healthcare and protection for 150,000 people, taking its Sudan aid this year to £146 million and backing a UN inquiry into El Fasher atrocities.
- The U.S. Treasury sanctioned four individuals and four companies accused of recruiting hundreds of ex‑Colombian soldiers, including minors, to fight for the RSF, identifying Alvaro Andres Quijano Becerra and firms such as A4SI, Global Staffing and Maine Global Corp.
- A rights group documented 1,294 verified incidents of sexual and gender‑based violence since April 2023, attributing 87% of identified‑perpetrator cases to RSF fighters, with many rapes involving children and patterns tied to territorial advances.
- Combat has shifted to Kordofan with RSF gains in Babanusa and the Heglig oilfield, South Sudan deploying troops to secure Heglig after a deadly drone strike, and UN warnings of another wave of mass atrocities as U.S. lawmakers press to cut external support; the UAE denies arming the RSF.