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Explosion i huvudstaden Khartum. (AP)

USA-sanktioner mot ryskt företag med RSF-koppling

USA har infört en rad nya sanktioner mot aktörer de anklagar för att destabilisera läget i krigets Sudan, rapporterar Reuters.

De riktas bland annat mot Ali Karti, tidigare utrikesminister under den långvarige presidenten Omar al-Bashir som avsattes i en militärkupp 2021.

Även det ryska företaget Aviatrade beläggs med sanktioner. De anklagas för samröre med det sudanesiska bolaget GSK Advance Company, som enligt det amerikanska finansdepartementet stödjer paramilitära Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

I kriget, som pågått sedan i april, strider RSF mot den sudanesiska armén.

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Kriget i Sudan
Wikipedia (en)
A war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), rival factions of the military government of Sudan, began on 15 April 2023, with the fighting concentrated around the capital city of Khartoum and the Darfur region. Later, a faction of the militant Sudan People's Liberation Movement–North (SPLM-N) led by Abdelaziz al-Hilu, also fought the SAF in regions bordering South Sudan and Ethiopia. As of 15 August 2023, between 4,000 and 10,000 people had been killed and 6,000 to 12,000 others injured, while as of 12 September 2023, over 4.1 million were internally displaced and more than 1.1 million others had fled the country as refugees.The war began with attacks by the RSF on government sites as airstrikes, artillery, and gunfire were reported across Sudan. Throughout the conflict, RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan "Hemedti" Dagalo and Sudan's de facto leader and army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan have disputed control of government sites in Khartoum, including the general military headquarters, the Presidential Palace, Khartoum International Airport, Burhan's official residence, and the SNBC headquarters, as well as states and towns in Darfur and Kordofan. The two sides were then joined by rebel groups who had previously fought against the two sides. Starting in June, the SPLM-N (al-Hilu) attacked army positions in the south of the country. In July, a faction of the Sudan Liberation Movement led by Mustafa Tambour (SLM-T) officially joined the war in support of the SAF, while in August, the rebel Tamazuj movement based in Darfur and Kordofan joined forces with the RSF.

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