More Sudanese flee the fighting, UK sanctions warring factions

Fighting continues to rage across Sudan after nearly three months, leaving many dead, injured or forced to flee [File: Mostafa Saied/Reuters]

The United Kingdom has imposed sanctions on a number of entities linked with the warring factions in Sudan as more people are uprooted by the country’s conflict of nearly three months.

The British government on Wednesday announced sanctions on three businesses linked with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and three with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in a stated effort to pressure warring parties to engage in a peace process and facilitate humanitarian aid.