The United States’ government has scheduled to impose sanctions on Sudanese individuals linked to the use of chemical and biological weapons. A statement shared by Tammy Bruce, the US Department of State’s Spokesperson, confirms the use of chemical weapons in Sudan in 2024 and sanctions to be effective on June 6, 2025.
Sudanese activists and citizens took to the streets on Sunday near British Parliament in London, calling on the Arab and International community to pressure Sudanese authorities to avert the use of chemical weapons in Port Sudan. Washington now vows to hold accountable the users of chemical and biological weapons in Sudan.
“The United States remains fully committed to hold to account those responsible for contributing to chemical weapons proliferation,” says Tammy Bruce, the US Department of State’s Spokesperson.
On September 29, 2016, between 200 and 250 people reportedly died of exposure to “chemical weapons agents” in Sudan, including children. The victims of chemical weapons vomited blood, had diarrhoea, skin rashes, and some even lost vision.
Three years and a month since the war in Sudan started between the Sudan Armed Forces and the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, millions have been displaced and are in dire need of humanitarian assistance. Occasional obstruction of aid delivery through airstrikes and inadequate funding compound the situation in the form of hunger and lack of proper health care.
On May 19, 2025, the Chairperson of the Sudan’s Transitional Sovereign Council, Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, appointed a UN Diplomat, Kamil al-Tayeb Idris, as the civilian Prime Minister of the Sudan. Regional organisations such as IGAD and AU welcomed the decision calling for an unconditional ceasefire and a smooth transition to end the prolonged suffering of the Sudanese people.
