United States Department of the Treasury’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) sanctioned three commanders of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) today. “The United States calls on the RSF to commit to a humanitarian ceasefire immediately. Gedo and Tijani were filmed at an abandoned SAF base in El-Fasher following its capture by the RSF, reads the Treasury statement. As a result of today’s action, all property and interests in property of the designated or blocked persons in the US or in the possession or control of US persons are blocked and must be reported to OFAC. In addition, any entities that are owned, directly or indirectly, individually or in the aggregate, 50 percent or more by one or more blocked persons are also blocked.

Source: Ethiopian News February 20, 2026 00:25 UTC