UK sanctions Sudanese military leaders implicated in El Fasher ‘campaign of rape’

<p>Commanders suspected of sexual violence during the largest and fastest slaughter of civilians in more than 30 years have been subjected to travel ban and asset freeze</p><p>Senior Sudanese commanders implicated in a “campaign of rape” have been targeted by the UK on the first anniversary of a <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/mar/25/heroism-horror-and-the-pits-of-hell-inside-the-last-days-of-el-fasher">mass atrocity</a> that saw tens of thousands of civilians killed over several days.</p><p>A year after the <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2025/nov/02/he-told-the-world-what-was-happening-in-el-fasher-then-they-sought-him-out-how-sudan-lost-a-true-hero-of-the-war">fall of El Fasher</a>, the British government said it had sanctioned military leaders from both sides in the country’s ongoing conflict whom it suspected of sexual violence during the siege of the city.</p> <a href="https://www.theguardian.com/global-development/2026/oct/26/uk-sanctions-sudanese-military-leaders-implicated-in-el-fasher-campaign-of">Continue reading...</a>