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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
World
Jennifer Rankin in Brussels

EU expected to impose sanctions on six Sudanese military figures fuelling war

An army tank abandoned on a residential street next to some decaying houses.
A damaged army tank abandoned on the street in Omdurman, Sudan. Photograph: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters

The EU intends to impose sanctions on six Sudanese military figures who are fuelling the conflict that has led to one of the world’s worst humanitarian crises, European diplomats have said.

EU foreign ministers meeting later this month are expected to approve sanctions against six individuals from the rival forces who have been fighting for control of Darfur, the vast, largely arid region of western and south-western Sudan.

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