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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Fatima Hussein

US sanctions network recruiting Colombian fighters for Sudanese paramilitary

UN Humanitarian Aid - (Copyright 2025 The Associated Press. All rights reserved)

The U.S. imposed sanctions on four people and four firms for their alleged involvement in a transnational network that recruits former Colombian military members who train soldiers to fight for the Sudanese paramilitary group known as the Rapid Support Forces.

The Rapid Support Forces, which has been at war with the Sudanese military since April 2023 has been accused of war crimes by Amnesty International and the UN’s Human Rights Chief Volker Türk said this month that he fears “ a new wave of atrocities ” in Sudan amid a surge in fierce fighting in the Kordofan region in central Sudan.

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