{"id":33249,"date":"2026-04-29T07:59:27","date_gmt":"2026-04-29T05:59:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/?post_type=news&#038;p=33249"},"modified":"2026-04-29T08:00:44","modified_gmt":"2026-04-29T06:00:44","slug":"33249","status":"publish","type":"news","link":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/news\/33249\/","title":{"rendered":"UN sanctions brother of Sudan&#8217;s RSF leader, Colombian mercenaries"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>The United Nations (UN) on Tuesday imposed sanctions on Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa, younger brother of the head of Sudan&#8217;s Rapid \u200bSupport Forces (RSF), and three Colombian mercenaries accused of recruiting former \u200cColombian personnel to fight in the country.<\/div>\n<div>A statement from Britain&#8217;s mission to the United Nations said the sanctions were imposed by the UN Security Council \u200bat the proposal of the United States (US), Britain and \u200bFrance.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Those designated included Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa, brother of RSF \u2060leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. It said he led RSF efforts \u200bto procure weapons and military equipment.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Also sanctioned were Alvaro Andres Quijano \u200bBecerra, Claudia Viviana Oliveros Forero, and Mateo Andres Duque Botero. It said they played a central role in recruiting former Colombian military personnel.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Video and photographic evidence \u200bshowed the three Colombians &#8220;providing the RSF with tactical and technical expertise, \u200bserving as infantry and artillery men, drone pilots, vehicle operators, and instructors, with \u200csome \u2060even training children to fight in the RSF.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>In February, Britain, again alongside France and the US, secured the sanctioning of four RSF commanders for atrocities committed in RSF&#8217;s siege of El Fasher.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Colombian mercenaries have \u200bparticipated in numerous \u200bbattles across Sudan, \u2060including in the capital, Khartoum, in Omdurman, Kordofan, and El Fasher.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The three-year war between the Sudanese \u200barmy and RSF has created what aid groups say \u200bis \u2060now the world&#8217;s worst humanitarian crisis.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Earlier in April, the US\u00a0imposed sanctions on five companies and individuals it said were involved in recruiting \u2060former Colombian \u200bmilitary personnel to fight on behalf \u200bof the RSF. It said hundreds of former Colombian military personnel had gone to \u200bSudan to support the RSF.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>&#8211;Reuters&#8211;<\/div>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":32986,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false},"news-type":[26],"class_list":["post-33249","news","type-news","status-publish","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","news-type-general_news","entry"],"acf":{"short_description":"Colombian mercenaries have \u200bparticipated in numerous \u200bbattles across Sudan.","published_date":"","news_description":"Colombian mercenaries have \u200bparticipated in numerous \u200bbattles across Sudan.","form_embed":"","author":"","image_caption":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33249","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/news"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33249\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":33252,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news\/33249\/revisions\/33252"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/32986"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=33249"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"news-type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.channelafrica.co.za\/channelafrica\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/news-type?post=33249"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}