US considers wider sanctions on Sudanese army and RSF as ceasefire efforts falter

Damaged tanks in front of the Central Bank of Sudan building, Khartoum, after the Sudanese army deepened its control over the city in April. Photograph: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters

The US is considering a much broader range of sanctions on the belligerents in the war in Sudan, in a tacit acknowledgment of the inability of the US envoy Massad Boulos to persuade the parties to accept a ceasefire.

Last week Donald Trump announced that work had begun to end the war after a personal request for his direct intervention from the Saudi crown prince, Mohammed bin Salman.