NEW YORK: The UN Security Council on Tuesday sanctioned four senior commanders of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces, including the brother of the paramilitary group’s leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, over atrocities committed in Darfur, according to a committee statement and diplomats.
The action was taken by the Security Council committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning Sudan, which oversees an arms embargo as well as targeted travel bans and asset freezes under Chapter VII of the UN Charter.
The four men are now subject to a global asset freeze and travel ban. They are Abdul Rahim Hamdan Dagalo, deputy commander of the RSF and brother of its leader; Gedo Hamdan Ahmed, a senior commander in North Darfur; Al-Fateh Abdullah Idris, a brigadier general; and Tijani Ibrahim Moussa Mohamed, a field commander.
In detailed narrative summaries published by the sanctions committee, the four are described as having engaged in actions that “threaten the peace, security, or stability of Darfur,” including acts of violence and serious human rights abuses linked to the RSF’s takeover of El-Fasher, capital of North Darfur, on Oct. 26, 2025.
According to the committee’s findings, the RSF committed mass killings of civilians at El-Fasher University and at the city’s Saudi Hospital, as well as shootings in areas northwest of Darfur, on the day of the assault.
