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The US Treasury imposed sanctions on three former Sudanese officials for their role in undermining the country's peace, security, and stability. The US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) said the designations support diplomatic efforts by the international community to end the conflict and demonstrate the US commitment to achieve a civilian government and a transition to democracy.
Kenyan President William Ruto has agreed with the Commander of the Rapid Support Forces, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), to support the Jeddah peace process, which is facilitated by Saudi Arabia and the United States, with the participation of the African Union and the Intergovernmental Development Organization (IGAD), with the aim to reach a solution to the conflict in Sudan. In a statement on X, Hemedti said Friday that he discussed with Ruto during a phone conversation the situation in Sudan.
A severe diplomatic crisis erupted between the Sudanese Ministry of Foreign Affairs and the African Union, following a meeting held by the current president of the African Commission with an official from the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which Khartoum considered a dangerous precedent, accusing the Commission of double standards. Advisor to the RSF, Youssef Ezzat, announced on Sunday on the X platform (formerly Twitter) that he met with the chairman of the African Union Commission, Moussa Faki, in Addis Ababa, in the presence of his office director, Mohamed Al-Hassan Ould Labat.
Russian President Vladimir Putin said that Moscow, as part of its chairmanship in 2024, will contribute to the expansion of the association