Sudan: Canada Slaps Tighter Sanctions On El Burhan, Hemedti for ‘Unwillingness to Negotiate End to Sudan War’

Ottawa — Canada has announced new sanctions on seven individuals and three entities associated with the ongoing conflict in Sudan. In a statement today, Canada’s Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mélanie Joly, announced that the new sanctions, under the Special Economic Measures Act, comes after nearly two years of fighting, in which “the situation is deteriorating, with growing violence and atrocities against civilians, propelled by the supply of arms and military equipment to the warring parties…