Includes army and RSF officials, and commanders from the Bashir regime

U.S. Sanctions and Visa Restrictions on Individuals and Entities in Sudan

In response to violations by the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces of commitments made in Jeddah, the US Secretary of State announced that the United States is imposing visa restrictions on specific individuals in Sudan, including officials from the Sudanese Armed Forces, the Rapid Support Forces, and commanders from the former regime of Omar al-Bashir, responsible for or complicit in undermining Sudan's democratic transition.

The United States has also designated Al-Junaid, a Rapid Support Forces gold mining company that operates a chain of mines in the Darfur region.

The RSF uses the revenues from these mines to purchase equipment for the RSF.

Tradive General Trading used by the RSF to purchase equipment for its troops will also be classified.

White House National Security Adviser Jake Sullivan also announced that the United States would impose new economic sanctions and visa restrictions "against parties who engage in violence" in Sudan.

Sullivan said in a statement that the violence in the country was a "tragedy that must stop."

The United States requires both sides in Sudan's conflict to be "serious" to continue brokering a new truce after the military withdrew from recent negotiations and was accused of bombing an old market area in the capital, killing at least 18 people.

"Once the (conflicting) forces demonstrate through their actions that they are serious about abiding by the ceasefire, the United States and Saudi Arabia will be prepared to resume suspended talks to find a solution to this conflict," the State Department said in a statement.

It is noteworthy that the area south of Khartoum (May and Al-Azhari) witnessed artillery and air bombardment by the army, which led to the death of 18 civilians.

Residents in the capital told AFP on Wednesday that heavy army artillery shelled a large Rapid Support Forces camp south of Khartoum.

In this regard, the US State Department confirmed "serious violations of the ceasefire on both sides."

"These violations have led us, as facilitator of these talks, to seriously question whether the parties are prepared to take the necessary measures to fulfill the commitments they have made on behalf of the Sudanese people."

The developments came two days after mediators said the parties to the conflict had agreed to extend the truce for five days "to give humanitarian actors more time to carry out their vital work", "despite not being fully committed".

Earlier, a Sudanese government official, speaking on condition of anonymity, told AFP that the army had taken the decision "because of the rebels' failure to implement the clause regarding their withdrawal from hospitals and citizens' homes and their continuous violation of the truce."

Despite pledges by both sides to abide by a number of truces reached, fighting breaks out every time, especially in Khartoum and its suburbs and the restive western region of Darfur.

According to the United Nations, more than 1.2 million people have been internally displaced and more than 425,170 have sought refuge abroad, more than <>,<> of them in Egypt.