The sanctions were announced late Friday by the U.S. Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC), which said the targeted networks have enabled both sides in the conflict to expand military operations and prolong a war that has created one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises.
“The Trump Administration is committed to advancing a lasting peace in Sudan and bringing an end to the conflict,” U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent said.
“The networks profiting from the conflict in Sudan jeopardise the prospects for the humanitarian truce that the Sudanese people desperately need,” he added.
The decision comes amid a military offensive in North Kordofan State capital El Obeid between the Sudanese warring parties as the United Nations and the United States warn of imminent mass atrocities against civilians.
Washington renewed its call for the SAF and the RSF to accept an immediate and unconditional three-month humanitarian truce to allow humanitarian aid to reach affected populations, protect civilians, and create space for negotiations toward a permanent ceasefire.
According to OFAC, several of the sanctioned entities are connected to Sudan’s Defence Industries System (DIS), the country’s largest military manufacturing and procurement enterprise, which was previously sanctioned in 2023.
Among those designated is Target Multiactivities Company Ltd. (TMAC), a Sudan-based company controlled through the Giad Industrial Group. The company allegedly imported explosives and related materials from suppliers in Egypt and India that were later used in bombs deployed by the SAF.
TMAC’s managing director, Tariq Hussain Muhammad Madani, was also sanctioned.
India-based SBL Energy Limited and its chief executive officer, Alok Choudhari, were designated for allegedly supplying more than 200 shipments of explosives and related materials to TMAC since 2024.
The Treasury also sanctioned Ports Engineering Company Ltd., a Sudanese company accused of importing uniforms, footwear, ammunition belts, and weapons containers used by Sudanese security and intelligence personnel.
U.S. authorities said these procurement networks have helped the SAF sustain military operations, including attacks against civilians, while undermining efforts to achieve a ceasefire.
The sanctions also targeted individuals linked to a transnational recruitment network accused of recruiting former Colombian military personnel to fight alongside the RSF.
The United States had previously sanctioned retired Colombian military officer Alvaro Andres Quijano Becerra and his wife, Claudia Viviana Oliveros Forero, who allegedly used several companies to recruit former soldiers for deployment in Sudan.
Three individuals associated with Panama-based Talent Bridge S.A. were newly sanctioned: Panamanian nationals Enrique Daniel Palacios Quintanilla and Jack Peter Derman Guzman, as well as Colombian national Fredy Alejandro Lopez Ocampo.
The U.S. government said foreign recruitment networks have contributed to prolonging the conflict and increasing regional instability.
Under the sanctions, all property and financial interests of the designated individuals and entities within U.S. jurisdiction are blocked, while U.S. persons are generally prohibited from engaging in transactions with them.
The Treasury warned that foreign businesses and financial institutions could also face sanctions risks if they engage in transactions involving sanctioned individuals or entities.
The conflict in Sudan, which erupted in April 2023 between the SAF and the RSF, has displaced millions of people, devastated infrastructure, and deepened humanitarian suffering across Sudan and neighbouring countries.
