EU agrees sanctions framework for key actors in Sudan war: sources
EU agrees sanctions framework for key actors in Sudan war: sources
EU envoys have agreed a framework of sanctions to target rival military leaders in Sudan as the war continues and spreads
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Daglo (L) and Burhan (C) have been engaged in conflict since mid-April [Getty]
European Union ambassadors agreed a framework of sanctions that will be used to target key actors in Sudan's war and impose asset freezes and travel bans, sources familiar with the matter said.
War broke out in Sudan in April this year between the army, led by General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, who ousted longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019, and a paramilitary force led by General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, known as Hemedti.
The fighting and bloodshed has continued to escalate despite international attempts to forge a lasting ceasefire. The war has uprooted more than 5 million people from their homes and created a humanitarian crisis with local medics warning of spreading cholera and dengue fever.
The sanctions proposal was sent in July but not approved until Monday. EU foreign ministers still need to give a final sign off later this month before the bloc can start adding individuals and entities to the list.
The United States, Britain, Norway and Germany plan to submit a motion to the U.N. Human Rights Council to set up an investigation into alleged atrocities in Sudan, including ethnically motivated killings, a draft motion showed on Friday.
(Reuters)
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