Agencies, February 21 (Darfur24)
The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on three senior commanders of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), accusing them of involvement in genocide and grave human rights violations during the ongoing conflict in Sudan.
In a statement, the US State Department said Washington was targeting three RSF members whose forces were implicated in atrocities committed throughout the war.
Those designated include field commander Al-Fatih Abdullah Idris Adam, known as “Abu Lulu”, Jadu Hamdan Ahmed, commander of the RSF North Darfur sector, and field commander Al-Tijani Ibrahim Musa.
According to the statement, the RSF carried out widespread abuses during the nearly three-year conflict, including acts of killing, torture, and sexual violence in El Fasher, capital of North Darfur state, during a months-long siege that preceded the group’s takeover of the city in October 2025.
The United States said RSF fighters and allied militias targeted civilians along ethnic and tribal lines and obstructed the entry of food and humanitarian assistance into the city, contributing to famine conditions and the spread of disease.
The measures include freezing any assets owned by the sanctioned individuals within the United States or under the control of US entities, as well as prohibiting American individuals and financial institutions from conducting transactions with them. Violations could result in civil or criminal penalties.
Abu Lulu and his immediate family members were also declared ineligible for entry into the United States.
Since the outbreak of war in April 2023, Washington has issued successive sanctions against RSF leaders, including commander Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, widely known as Hemedti, along with his brothers Abdel Rahim and Al-Qouni.