The United States (US) imposed sanctions on Friday on five companies and individuals it said were involved in recruiting former Colombian military personnel to fight on \u200cbehalf of a paramilitary group in Sudan.<\/p>\n
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“This network has fueled the conflict, which has given rise to one of the world\u2019s worst humanitarian crises and famines,” the Treasury Department said in a statement.<\/p>\n
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The US urged the Sudanese government army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to \u2060accept a three-month humanitarian truce without conditions, Treasury said.<\/p>\n
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The brutal three-year war between the Sudanese army and the RSF has created what aid groups say is now the world’s worst humanitarian crisis.<\/p>\n
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Hundreds of former Colombia forces have gone to Sudan to support the RSF in both combat and technical roles, fighting in battles around the country, Treasury said.<\/p>\n
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Those targeted in Friday’s sanctions include Fenix Human Resources SAS, a Bogota, Colombia-based employment agency, and its manager, \u200cJose \u2060Libardo Quijano Torres; former Colombian Army Colonel Jose Oscar Garcia Batt, the owner of a Bogota-based recruiting company, Global Qowa Al-Basheria SAS and that company’s manager, Omar Fern The sanctions mean all properties and interests of the designated people \u2060and companies in the US are blocked.<\/p>\n
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An international conference to raise funding commitments for Sudan has produced pledges of more than 1.5 billion Euros ($1.77 billion) in humanitarian \u2060aid, German Foreign Minister Johann Wadephul said on Wednesday.<\/p>\n
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With development spending by established donors increasingly squeezed, the conference, which followed earlier meetings in London and \u2060Paris, was intended to throw a spotlight back on Sudan. The global focus has recently been diverted towards the longer-running war in Ukraine and the conflict in Iran.<\/p>\n
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–Reuters–<\/p>\n
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