Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135

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A. List of natural persons referred to in Article 1(1) and in Article 2(1)1 change
B. List of legal persons, entities or bodies referred to in Article 2(1)1 change

	Name	Identifying information	Reasons	Date of listing
1.	Mirghani Idriss SULEIMAN	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Lieutenant General in the SAF;Director-General of Defence Industries System;Head of Sudanese Army Production AgencyAssistant for Military Industries Affairs within the SAFAssociated individuals: General Abdelfattah Al-Burhan, Commander-in-Chief of the SAFAssociated entities: Defense Industry System, SMT Engineering; SAF	Lieutenant General Mirghani Idriss Suleiman is an officer of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and Director-General of Defense Industry System (DIS), a company subject to restrictive measures by the European Union for providing support to actions and policies that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan. In 2026, he was appointed as Assistant for Military Industries Affairs within the SAF.DIS is described as Sudan’s largest defence enterprise, generating an estimated USD 2000000000 in revenue through hundreds of subsidiaries across various sectors of Sudan’s economy. DIS manufactures a range of small arms, conventional weapons, ammunition and military vehicles for the SAF.As the Director-General of DIS, Mirghani Idriss Suleiman has travelled extensively with General Abdelfattah Al-Burhan, Commander-in-Chief of the SAF, since the beginning of the war, allegedly, to enhance the SAF’s capabilities to fight the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on several fronts in Khartoum, Darfur and Kordofan.Therefore, Mirghani Idriss Suleiman provides support to actions or policies that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.	24.6.2024
2.	EL TAHIR Mohamed EL AWAD EL AMINa.k.a.EL TAHIR MohamedEL AWAD EL AMINAL-TAHER;Mohammed AL-AWAD AL-AMIN	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Lieutenant General, Commander of the Sudanese Air Force since 1 September 2022;Former Dean of the Sudanese Air Force College; Former Commander of the Khartoum Air BaseAssociated individuals: General Abdelfattah Al-Burhan, Supreme Commander of the SAF;Lieutenant General Yasir al-Atta, Assistant Commander-in-Chief of the SAF;General Mohamed Osman al-Hussein, Chief of Staff of SAF Land ForcesAssociated entities: SAF	El Tahir Mohamed El Awad El Amin is a Lieutenant General in the SAF and Commander of the Sudanese Air Force since 1 September 2022. He is therefore in charge of the operations carried out by the Air Force of the SAF since the outbreak of the conflict between the SAF, the RSF and their allied militias on 15 April 2023, as underscored by his participation in publicly disclosed high-level meetings of senior commanders of the SAF headed by the Commander-in-Chief Abdelfattah Al-Burhan in the General Command of the SAF in Khartoum in May and July 2023.El Tahir Mohamed El Awad El Amin therefore holds a direct command responsibility in the indiscriminate aerial bombing carried out by the Air Force of the SAF in densely populated residential areas, notably in Khartoum, Omdurman, Nyala (South Darfur) and in North Kordofan, documented by the United Nations Integrated Transition Assistance Mission in Sudan (UNITAMS) in its 31 August 2023 and 13 November 2023 reports to the Secretary-General, by the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights in its 22 February 2024 report and by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan in its 15 January 2024 report.El Tahir Mohamed El Awad El Amin has thus been engaged directly in the continuation of the Sudanese conflict, which threatens the peace, stability and security of Sudan, and has been involved in planning, directing and committing aerial operations which have resulted in serious human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law by causing high numbers of civilian casualties, leading to displacement of the civilian population and to the destruction of critical infrastructures, including medical facilities such as the East Nile Hospital in Khartoum in May 2023 and the Babiker Nahar Paediatric Hospital in El-Fasher in May 2024.	24.6.2024
3.	Ali Ahmed KARTI MOHAMED	DOB: 11.3.1953POB: Hagar Elassal — SudanNationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Stalwart of the National Congress Party;Secretary-General of the Sudanese Islamist Movement;Former Sudanese Minister of Foreign AffairsID number: 11822483949Associated entities:Sudanese Foreign Ministry;Sudanese Islamic Movement	Ali Ahmed Karti Mohamed was the Sudanese Minister of Foreign Affairs under the Government of Omar al-Bashir. Following the fall of the al-Bashir regime, Ali Ahmed Karti Mohamed was selected as one of the leaders of the Sudanese Islamist Movement (SIM) and led efforts to derail Sudan’s progress towards a full democratic transition, by undermining the former civilian-led transitional government and the Framework Political Agreement process. This contributed to the conflict between the SAF and RSF, which began on 15 April 2023.He and other hardline Sudanese Islamists are actively obstructing efforts to reach a ceasefire to end the conflict and they are opposing civilian efforts to restore Sudan’s democratic transition. Ali Ahmed Karti Mohamed is a stalwart of the National Congress Party (NCP), founded by Omar Al-Bashir in 1998. The NCP is the successor organisation to the Brotherhood-affiliated National Islamic Front.Ali Ahmed Karti Mohamed is currently the Secretary-General of the SIM, a broad alliance of Islamist groups, and is considered to be the man behind the NCP’s resurgence. The Islamist movement has a strong influence on the SAF, police and intelligence services.Therefore, Ali Ahmed Karti Mohamed engages directly or indirectly in, provides support to, or benefits from, actions or policies that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.	24.6.2024
4.	Abdulrahman JUMA BARAKALLAHa.k.a.:Major-General Abdulrahman GOMAA;Abdul Rahman JUMA BARAKALLAH	POB: AlDaein- Abu Matareq, East Darfur, SudanNationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: RSF Major General and RSF Commander of West DarfurAssociated entities: RSF	Abdulrahman Juma Barakallah is a prominent General among the RSF, who commands the RSF’s military force in West Darfur.He is responsible for committing atrocities and other abuses, inducing ethnically motivated killings, targeted attacks on human rights activists and defenders, conflict-related sexual violence, and for the looting and burning of communities.He is also responsible for kidnapping and assassinating the Governor of West Darfur, Khamis Abbakar, and his brother. Khamis Abbakar was killed hours after he accused the RSF and allied militias of attacking local communities in Al Geneina, capital of West Darfur, in an interview with the Saudi-owned television station, Al Hadath and Emirati television Al Arabiya.Abdulrahman Juma Barakallah has also been accused by international Non-Governmental Organisations of being responsible for the genocide of the Masalit community.Therefore, Abdulrahman Juma Barakallah is responsible for planning, directing or committing acts in West Darfur that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law, including killings and maimings, rape and other serious forms of sexual and gender-based violence, abduction and forced displacement. As a General of the RSF in West Darfur, he also engages directly or indirectly in actions or policies that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.	24.6.2024
5.	Mustafa Ibrahim ABDEL NABI MOHAMED	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Director of al-Khaleej Bank; majority shareholder of Shield Protective Solutions Co. Ltd. (Sudan); Financial Director of the RSFPassport number: B CH 4930920Associated individuals: Musa Hamdan Dagalo Musa, brother of RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan DagaloAssociated entities: Al-Khaleej Bank; Shield Protective Solutions Co. Ltd. (Sudan)	Mustafa Ibrahim Abdel Nabi Mohamed is a former senior official of the Sudanese Central Bank, seconded since 2017 to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), to serve as a Financial Director, and helping it to manage a web of proxy companies and entities.A UN Panel of Experts Report on sanctions in Darfur referred to a former senior official of the Sudanese Central Bank who is based in Dubai and has become the RSF’s financial adviser without naming him. The report also explains that al Khaleej Bank became instrumental to the RSF’s financing in 2019 when its majority ownership was acquired by individuals and entities associated with the RSF.Media reports and think-tanks have identified that person as Mustafa Ibrahim Abdel Nabi Mohamed. He is a Director of Al Khaleej Bank, a Sudanese bank.Over 60 % of the shares of Al Khaleej Bank are held by companies associated with the family of Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), the head of the RSF.Mustafa Ibrahim Abdel Nabi Mohamed is also the majority shareholder of Shield Protective Solutions Co. Ltd. The other shareholder in that company is one of the brothers of Hemedti, Musa Hamdan Dagalo Musa, and the company holds over 14 % of the shareholding in al Khaleej Bank.In 2026, he is identified as being part of a network linked to the leadership of the RSF, which has amassed a vast property portfolio in Dubai as part of a sprawling ‘paramilitary-industrial complex’ across Africa and the Middle East. It is in this context that he purchased a high-end apartment in the Burj Khalifa, a skyscraper in Dubai, demonstrating that he benefits from the conflict in Sudan.As a Financial Director of the RSF, Mustafa Ibrahim Abdel Nabi Mohamed is engaging directly or indirectly in providing support to, or benefitting from, actions or policies that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.	24.6.2024
6.	Masar Abdurahman ASEELa.k.a.Massar Abdelrahman ASSILMasar Abdelrahman ESEILMassar ASSELMasar ASIL	Gender: maleFunction: Amir of the Mahamid clan in West Darfur;Member of the Native Administration in West Darfur	Masar Abdurahman Aseel is a prominent tribal leader of the Mahamid clan in West Darfur. The Mahamid clan belongs to the Rizeigat tribe which gathers Arab communities inhabiting Darfur and Chad. He holds the title of Amir and is a member of the Native Administration in West Darfur.Masar Abdurahman Aseel has facilitated the attacks led by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied militias against local communities living in El Geneina (West Darfur), especially the Massalit people, since April 2023. In particular, he directly contributed to the recruitment and arming of militias by the RSF and to the coordination between these forces, as is reported by the 15th final report of the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan published in January 2024, to carry out their ethnically targeted attacks, notably against the Massalit communities, in West Darfur between late April and early November 2023. Propaganda videos featuring Masar Abdurahman Aseel were published by the RSF in March and in April 2024, demonstrating his warmongering support to the RSF and his role in rallying the troops behind the RSF to join their fight against the SAF since 15 April 2023.Masar Abdurahman Aseel has therefore engaged directly in, provided support to and benefitted from actions and policies that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan. By supporting the seizing of West Darfur by the RSF, Masar Abdurahman Aseel has strengthened his position and influence within the Native Administration of West Darfur, at the expense of other community leaders, notably belonging to the Massalit community, which have been targeted by the RSF and their allied militias.	24.6.2024
7.	Salah Abdallah Mohamed SALAHa.k.a.SALAH GOSH	DOB: 1957POB: Nuri, SudanNationality: SudanesePassport: YSJCYKRYG1U5Gender: maleFunction: former national security advisor of the Republic of Sudan; former Director of the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security ServiceAssociated individuals: former President of the Republic of Sudan, Omar Al-Bashir; General Abdelfattah Al-BurhanAssociated entities: National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS)	Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah is the former national security advisor of the Republic of Sudan and the former Director of the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS).Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah is responsible for several coups d’état in Sudan – notably those in 2012 and 2019 – and helped in the execution of a coup d’état in 2021. He is widely considered to be Sudan’s spymaster. Due to his expertise as a former security official, he played a role in helping former regime elements to return to power and undermined efforts to establish a civilian government in Sudan.After the fall of the Al-Bashir regime, Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah continues to be involved in activities that destabilise peace and stability in the country. Although he is rarely seen in public, he remains active and is considered to be the ‘mastermind’ behind many of the actions carried out by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the intelligence operations department as part of the ongoing crisis.Therefore, Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah is considered to be a leader among the hardliner elements of the former Al-Bashir regime, who is responsible for security and military-related efforts and is embedded in the structures of the SAF. His ideological ties to the former Al-Bashir regime, and in particular to the National Congress Party (NCP) are a strong driver of the narrative that fuels the war against the opposing front, namely the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Salah Abdallah Mohamed Salah has therefore been involved in actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan and in actions undermining the efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan.	16.12.2024
8.	Tijani KARSHOMa.k.a.KHARSHOM;KARSHOUM;KHARSHOUM;AL-TIJANI AL-TAHIR KARSHOUM	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: former Deputy Governor (or ‘Wali’ in local parlance) of West Darfur; de facto Governor of West DarfurAssociated individuals: Abdulrahman JUMA BARAKALLAH; Masar Abdurahman ASEELAssociated entities: Gathering of Sudan Liberation Forces (GSLF)	Tijani Karshom is a leading member of the Mahamid tribe and was Deputy Governor of West Darfur at the time of the massacre of the Massalit tribe in El Geneina, the capital of West Darfur, in June 2023. He is also a member of the Gathering of Sudan Liberation Forces (GSLF), which facilitated the recruitment of militia to fight alongside the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Tijani Karshom holds responsibility in the fatal attack on the Governor of West Darfur in El Geneina in June 2023, for having instructed the RSF to prevent civilians trapped in El Geneina from leaving the city, and for having directed two attacks on camps for internally displaced persons. After the El Geneina massacre, he established a committee to collect and bury bodies in mass graves. He has also been involved in efforts to hide bodies after a second massacre, in Ardamatta, West Darfur, in November 2023.Tijani Karshom is also responsible for having led an attack in El Geneina alongside the RSF and for having directed artillery fire on the Governor of West Darfur’s office in May 2023, a month before the Governor’s assassination.Tijani Karshom has therefore been involved in actions that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan and has been involved in planning, directing or committing acts in West Darfur that constitute serious human rights abuses and violations of international humanitarian law, including killings, rape and other serious forms of sexual and gender-based violence, and abduction.	16.12.2024
9.	Mohamed Ali Ahmed SUBIR	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Lieutenant General; Director of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF)Associated entities: Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF); Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI)	Mohamed Ali Ahmed Subir is a Lieutenant General in the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Director of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) of the SAF. In this capacity, he has been in charge of the operations carried out by the DMI since the outbreak, on 15 April 2023, of the conflict between the SAF, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied armed groups. This is underscored by his participation in publicly disclosed high-level meetings of senior commanders of the SAF, headed by Commander-in-Chief Abdelfattah Al-Burhan of the General Command of the SAF in Khartoum in May and July 2023.Mohamed Ali Ahmed Subir therefore holds a command responsibility in the harassment, arbitrary arrest and detention of: human rights defenders; local community activists, including anti-war activists; lawyers; medical professionals; volunteers supporting emergency services; members of political parties and of resistance committees; and people perceived as supporters of the RSF.Mohamed Ali Ahmed Subir has also been involved in several cases of sexual violence, including rape and rape threats, attributed to the DMI, and in the perpetration by the DMI of acts amounting to torture and other forms of ill-treatment.Mohamed Ali Ahmed Subir is also responsible for the imposition of significant restrictions by the DMI on aid access and delivery.Mohamed Ali Ahmed Subir has therefore been directly involved in the perpetration by the DMI of acts that constitute serious human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law, and is thus responsible for actions that directly undermine efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan.	16.12.2024
10.	Osman Mohamed HAMIDa.k.a.Osman AMALIYAT	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Major General of the RSF; Head of Operations of the RSFAssociated entities: Rapid Support Forces	Osman Mohamed Hamid is a Major General in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the Head of Operations of the RSF. He has therefore been in charge of the operations carried out by the RSF since the outbreak of the conflict between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), the RSF and their allied armed groups, on 15 April 2023, as notably underscored by his presence on the battlefield in Jebel Aulia in November 2023.Osman Mohamed Hamid therefore holds a command responsibility in the continuation of fighting by the RSF and in the violations of international human rights law and of international humanitarian law committed by the RSF. He is responsible for large-scale attacks based on intersecting ethnicity and gender grounds, killings, torture, widespread sexual and gender-based violence, rape, sexual slavery, abduction, the recruitment and use of children in hostilities, and the obstruction of access to humanitarian aid for civilians in need.Osman Mohamed Hamid has therefore been directly involved in the perpetration by the RSF of acts that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan. He is also responsible for actions that constitute serious human rights violations and violations of international humanitarian law, and actions that directly undermine efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan.	16.12.2024
11.	Abu Aqla Mohamed Ahmed KAIKALa.k.a.Abu Aqla KEIKEL	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Leader and Commander of the Sudan Shield Forces, a SAF-affiliated militiaAssociated entities: SAF	Abu Aqla Mohamed Ahmed Kaikal is a Sudanese Military Commander who served in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in Gezira State in Sudan until he defected to the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in October 2024.Since 2025, Abu Aqla Mohammed Kaikal is the Leader and Commander of the Sudan Shield Forces, an armed group that fights alongside the SAF. On 12 December 2025, he appeared in a video threatening civilians attempting to flee El Obeid City in North Kordofan State, which was under siege by the RSF. In the video, he is heard warning that civilians who attempted to leave the city would be shot.The Sudan Shield Forces played a major role in the fighting in Gezira State and in the East Nile district, in the Khartoum area. On 10 January 2025, the Sudan Shield Forces intentionally targeted civilians and their property in an attack.Therefore, Abu Aqla Mohamed Ahmed Kaikal is responsible for actions and policies that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan. In addition, he is responsible for directing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations, and for obstructing the delivery of, access to and distribution of humanitarian assistance in Sudan.	18.7.2025
12.	Hussein BARSHAM	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Military Field Commander of the RSFAssociated entities: RSF; Misseria tribe	Hussein Barsham is a Military Field Commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), an organisation that has been accused by international non-governmental organisations of ethnic cleansing and even genocide against the Masalit tribe and other non-Arab groups in Darfur.As a Commander, Hussein Barsham has led RSF soldiers in the capture of the Baleela airport from the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), and the capture of localities in the West Kordofan state, such as Meiram. He has played a leading role in RSF operations that have resulted in mass atrocities, including targeted killings, ethnic violence, forced displacement and violence against civilians, particularly in Darfur and other conflict-affected regions of Sudan. Under his command, RSF forces have been involved in mass killings and atrocities. Barsham has been engaged in the fighting in the Kordofan region. He has led attacks on several localities and has been present at the sites of atrocities and mass executions committed by soldiers under his command. Such acts constitute war crimes.Hussein Barsham is therefore responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability and security of Sudan. He is also responsible for undermining efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan and for directing or committing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law.	18.7.2025
13.	Abdelrahim Hamdan DAGALOa.k.a. Abdul Rahim DAGALO	DOB: 1.1.1972Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Deputy Commander of the Rapid Support ForcesAssociated entities: Rapid Support Forces; Al Junaid Multi Activities Co LtdAssociated individuals: Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo	Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo is Deputy Commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and the brother of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), Commander of the RSF.On 15 January 2024, Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo was identified by the United Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan as having ‘played a pivotal role in the RSF campaign in Darfur, personally supervising the military operations in the five States [of Darfur], since October [2023]’. In October 2025, he ordered the killing and execution of civilians and led RSF actions against civilians in El Fasher.Together with his two sons, Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo owns the holding company Al Junaid Multi Activities Co Ltd (Al Junaid), an entity subject to restrictive measures by the Union for procuring military equipment for the RSF. Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo played a pivotal role in the RSF campaign in Darfur, by personally supervising the military operations and by financing RSF operations through Al Junaid. He is therefore associated with an entity that provides support for RSF actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo is therefore responsible for directing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.	20.11.2025
14.	Algony Hamdan DAGALO MUSAa.k.a.Algoney Hamdan Daglo MusaMusa Ahmed	POB: Nayala North, SudanDOB: 9.8.1990Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Major in the RSFAssociated entities: RSF; Tradive General Trading Co; GSK ADVANCE COMPANY LTDPassport number: B00017334 (Sudan); alt. Passport B00024943 (Sudan) expires 27 Sep 2031 (individual) [SUDAN-EO14098]	Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa is a major in the RSF and the brother of Mohammad Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), who is the head of the RSF. Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa is also involved in the procurement of arms for the RSF.Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa established the companies Tradive General Trading Co and GSK ADVANCE COMPANY LTD, two entities subject to restrictive measures by the Union for being involved in the RSF’s procurement processes. Therefore, he is associated with entities responsible for supporting actions of the RSF that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa is therefore responsible for planning acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.	29.1.2026
15.	Elfateh Abdullah Idris ADAMa.k.a. Abu Lulu	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Brigadier General/Commander of the RSFAssociated entities: RSF	Elfateh Abdullah Idris Adam is a Brigadier General and Commander of the RSF. He has been identified as a key perpetrator of the atrocities committed by the RSF in El Fasher in October 2025. During that incident, he executed civilians and ordered the killing of several innocent people, including children.Elfateh Abdullah Idris Adam is therefore responsible for directing and committing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses, as well as violations of international humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.	29.1.2026
16.	Edris KAFUTI	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Field Commander of the RSFAssociated entities: RSF	Edris Kafuti is an RSF field commander. He has been identified as a key perpetrator of the atrocities committed by the RSF in El Fasher in October 2025. During that incident, he harassed detained individuals.Edris Kafuti is therefore responsible for committing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses, as well as violations of international humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.	29.1.2026
17.	Tijani Ibrahim Moussa MOHAMED	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Field Commander of the RSFAssociated entities: RSF	Tijani Ibrahim Moussa Mohamed is an RSF field commander. He has been identified as a key perpetrator of the atrocities committed by the RSF in El Fasher in October 2025. During that incident, he harassed detained individuals.Tijani Ibrahim Moussa Mohamed is therefore responsible for committing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses, as well as violations of international humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.	29.1.2026
18.	Gedo HAMDANa.k.a.Abu NushukGedo Hamdan AhmedAbnashukJido Hamdan AhmedAbunshukJadu Hamdan	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Regional Commander for North Darfur Section, Brigadier General of the RSFAssociated entities: RSF	Gedo Hamdan is a Regional Commander for North Darfur Section and Brigadier General of the RSF. He has been identified as a key perpetrator of the atrocities committed by the RSF in El Fasher in October 2025.Gedo Hamdan is therefore responsible for committing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses, as well as violations of international humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.	29.1.2026
19.	Abu Zaid Talha AL-MISBAH	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Commander of the Baraa bin Malik Battalion (BBMB)Associated entities: SAF; Baraa bin Malik Battalion (BBMB)	Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah is the Commander of the Baraa bin Malik Battalion (BBMB), an Islamist militia fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in the conflict between the SAF, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied armed groups, which has been ongoing since 15 April 2023.Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah took part in the defence of the Armored Corps base in south Khartoum between June and August 2023. He also headed Baraa bin Malik Battalion’s fighters who flooded into the Republican palace in Khartoum in March 2025. Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah is therefore participating actively in the war efforts led by the SAF, which are obstructing and undermining efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan.Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah holds command responsibility for the summary executions of civilians carried out by the Baraa bin Malik Battalion in Khartoum North in September 2024 and in Gezirah in January 2025, which constitute serious human rights violations, as documented by, among others, the December 2025 report of the Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan of the Human Rights Council of the United Nations and the February 2025 report of Human Rights Watch.Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah has therefore been directly involved in the perpetration by the Baraa bin Malik Battalion of acts that constitute serious human rights violations, and he is also responsible for undermining efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan.	29.1.2026
20.	Al-Tayyib AL-IMAM JODA	Nationality: SudaneseGender: maleFunction: Emir of the Nafeidiya clan of the Kawahla tribe from the Sarhan area west of GezirahAssociated entities: SAF; Sudan Shield Forces; Kawahla tribe; Nafeidiya clan	Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda is the Emir of the Nafeidiya clan of the Kawahla tribe from the Sarhan area west of Gezirah State. He was among the community leaders who assisted the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied militias, in particular the Sudan Shield Forces, in recruiting and organising the campaign of systematic targeting of Kanabi farming communities in Gezirah and Sennar States, which included mass arrests, mass killings, mass graves and burned villages, notably before and after the recapture of Wad Madani by the SAF and their allies in January 2025.Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda expressed his full support for the Sudan Shield Forces, a paramilitary group allied to the SAF, headed by Abu Aqla Mohamed Kaikal which has committed serious human rights violations in Gezirah State.Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda has repeatedly called for the arming of the civilian population, has recruited combatants on behalf of the SAF and the Sudan Shield Forces, and has incited violence against the Kanabi people by accusing them of siding with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda has therefore been involved in planning, directing and committing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations and that directly undermine efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan.	29.1.2026

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