The Canadian government has not said whether it will follow suit and authorize its own sanctions in Sudan, but it has not yet ruled them out
U.S. President Joe Biden has signed an order authorizing sanctions in Sudan as his intelligence officials cast doubt on any hope of an early end to the heavy fighting between military and paramilitary forces that has devastated the country and forced more than 440,000 people to abandon their homes.
“The violence taking place in Sudan is a tragedy – and it is a betrayal of the Sudanese people’s clear demand for civilian government and a transition to democracy,” Mr.He said the sanctions, if imposed, would “hold individuals responsible for threatening the peace, security, and stability of Sudan; undermining Sudan’s democratic transition; using violence against civilians; or committing serious human rights abuses.
“The fighting in Sudan between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces is, we assess, likely to be protracted as both sides believe that they can win militarily and have few incentives to come to the negotiating table,” U.S. Director of National Intelligence Avril Haines told a Senate hearing on Thursday.
According to the Sudan government, 550 people have died and nearly 5,000 injured in the fighting that erupted on April 15. But the true number is believed to be much higher, since the fighting is concentrated in densely populated areas.
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