Canada is imposing sanctions on 7 individuals and 3 entities associated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and linked to the continued violence against civilians in Sudan.
The Special Economic Measures (Sudan) Regulations impose a dealings prohibition (effectively, an asset freeze) by prohibiting any individual or entity in Canada, or any Canadians outside Canada, from dealing in the property of, entering into transactions with, providing financial or related services to, transferring property to or otherwise making goods available to listed persons. The listed individuals are also rendered inadmissible to Canada under the Immigration and Refugee Protection Act. The specific prohibitions are set out in the regulations.
The list of sanctioned individuals and entities affiliated with the SAF is as follows:
Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan, Commander-in-Chief and leader of the SAF
El Tahir Mohamed El Awad El Amin, Commander and leader of the Sudanese Air Force
Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah Gosh, former director of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS)
Mohamed Atta Elmoula Abbas, former director of the NISS
Sudan Master Technology, a Sudanese company manufacturing weapons and vehicles for the SAF as part of the SAF’s financing and procurement network
The list of sanctioned individuals and entities affiliated with the RSF is as follows:
Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo Mousa, leader of the RSF
Amir Masar Abdurahman Aseel, a leader in Darfur affiliated with the RSF
Al-Tijani Al-Tahir Karshoum, a leader in Darfur affiliated with the RSF
Tradive General Trading L.L.C., a front company for the RSF
Al Khaleej Bank, a financial institution with ties to the RSF