Washington: US sanctions on Sudan's government — imposed over what Washington says was the use by Khartoum's military of chemical weapons in the country's bloody civil war last year — have taken effect.
The sanctions — which include restrictions on US exports, arms sales and financing to the government in Khartoum — are to remain in place for at least one year, the US government said in a notice published on Friday in the Federal Register.
Assistance to Sudan will be terminated "except for urgent humanitarian assistance and food or other agricultural commodities or products," it said.
However, certain measures will be partially waived because "it is essential to the national security interests of the United States" to do so, it added.
The New York Times reported in January that Sudan's military had used chemical weapons on at least two occasions in remote areas of its war with the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Citing anonymous US officials, the newspaper said that the weapon appeared to be chlorine gas, which can cause severe respiratory pain and death. Khartoum has denied using chemical weapons.
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