Britain sanctioned six people suspected of committing atrocities in Sudan’s warfare or of fuelling the battle by the provision of mercenaries and navy gear, the federal government stated on Thursday (February 5, 2026).
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The measures focused senior commanders in each the Sudanese paramilitary group, Speedy Help Forces (RSF), and the Sudanese Armed Forces, the federal government stated.
The battle between the 2 forces has displaced thousands and thousands, drawn in regional powers and induced an enormous humanitarian disaster because it broke out in April 2023.
“We urgently want a ceasefire, and secure entry for humanitarian aid businesses to achieve all these in want,” British international minister Yvette Cooper, who visited the Sudan-Chad border this week, stated within the assertion.
“By means of these sanctions, we are going to search to dismantle the warfare machine of those that perpetrate or revenue from the brutal violence in Sudan,” Cooper added.
The British authorities additionally sanctioned three people – Alvaro Andres Quijano, Mateo Andres Duque Botero, and Claudia Viviana Oliveros Forero – suspected of recruiting international fighters for the battle or facilitating the acquisition of navy gear
Others sanctioned embody Abu Aqla Mohamed Kaikal, a former RSF Commander and present head of the Sudan Shied Forces, RSF Subject Commander Hussein Barsham, and RSF Monetary Advisor Mustafa Ibrahim Abdel Nabi Mohamed.
Printed – February 05, 2026 09:36 pm IST