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U.S Sanctions Rapid Support Forces Senior Leader

(FILE) Sudanese army officials greet the crowd during a meeting with the city's governor supporters and members of the Sudanese armed popular resistance, which supports the army, in Gedaref, Sudan, on January 16, 2024.

“Key individuals on both sides, including Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa, continue to procure weapons to facilitate attacks and other atrocities against their own citizens,” said Acting Under Secretary Smith.

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U.S. Sanctions Senior Rapid Support Forces Leader

The United States has sanctioned a senior leader of the Rapid Support Forces, Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa, for his involvement in efforts to procure weapons and other military materiel that have enabled the Rapid Support Force’s ongoing operations in Sudan. This includes the assault on El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur.

Algoney’s actions have fueled the war and brutal Rapid Support Forces, or RSF, atrocities against civilians, which have included war crimes, crimes against humanity, and ethnic cleansing. Rather than heed warnings from the United States and other partners, the RSF and its allied militia have continued to commit atrocities, including those involving sexual violence and ethnically targeted attacks on non-Arab groups.

Algoney is the RSF’s procurement director and one of the younger brothers of Mohammed Hamdan Daglo, or Hemedti, the head of the RSF. He is close to Hemedti, having also previously worked as his personal secretary. Algoney has controlled RSF front companies, including the Office of Foreign Asset Contorl-sanctioned Tradive General Trading, which imported vehicles to Sudan on behalf of the RSF.

The war between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the RSF has caused immense devastation, with tens of thousands of dead and more than 11 million displaced, both internally and externally. “The Sudanese people demand and deserve peace and justice and a return to civilian government,” said State Department spokesperson Matthew Miller in a statement.

“At a time when the United States, the United Nations, the African Union, and others are advocating for peace, key individuals on both sides, including Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa, continue to procure weapons to facilitate attacks and other atrocities against their own citizens,” said Acting Under Secretary of the Treasury for Terrorism and Financial Intelligence Bradley Smith. “The United States will continue to hold accountable those who seek to prolong this conflict and restrict access to vital humanitarian assistance at a time of famine and fragility.”

The United States will continue to use the tools at its disposal to support a peace process and impose cost on those perpetuating the conflict.