The US has imposed sanctions on Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa, a senior leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), for his role in procuring weapons for the militia fighting a civil war against the country's army.

The US has imposed sanctions on Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa, brother of Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commander, accusing him of procuring weapons for the paramilitary group, thereby prolonging Sudan's civil war.

Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa was sanctioned “for his involvement in RSF efforts to procure weapons and other military materiel that have enabled the RSF’s ongoing operations in Sudan,” State Department spokesman Matthew Miller said in a statement.

Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa sanctioned for ‘involvement in RSF efforts to procure weapons and other military materiel that have enabled the RSF’s ongoing operations in Sudan' - Anadolu Ajansı

(Reuters) -The head of Sudan's army said on Thursday that he supported efforts to bring an end to a devastating war in his country as long as they brought an end to the "occupation" of territory by the rival Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

The head of Sudan's army if the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces ends its occupation of large swathes of the African country's territory.

The United States on Tuesday sanctioned a senior leader of Sudan's breakaway Rapid Support Forces on accusations of procuring weapons for the militia, which are fueling the ongoing bloody civil conflict.