President Biden okays sanctions on Sudan warring chiefs, backers
US President Joe Biden. He revisited previously lifted sanctions on Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism and humanitarian atrocities, freezing any of its assets on US soil.
The US government has imposed sanctions on Sudan’s warring chiefs, declaring that the violence since April 15 constitutes an "unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States".
In an Executive Order on Thursday, President Joe Biden revisited previously lifted sanctions on Sudan as a state sponsor of terrorism and humanitarian atrocities, freezing any Sudanese assets on US soil and directing the Treasury Secretary to determine warmongers and spoilers of the peace to be sanctioned.
