The U.S. imposed sanctions on Sudan’s de facto president, Lt. Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, as punishment for the brutal military campaign he has led in the country’s devastating civil war. The Biden administration action Thursday,

Washington has slapped sanctions on Sudan's army leader, citing his responsibility for war crimes in a conflict that has bled the oil-rich country dry over the last year — sparking a famine, killing tens of thousands of people and driving millions from their homes — just a week after the U.

The United States has accused the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces of choosing war over negotiation and de-escalation. The sanctions come a week after Washington took a similar action against a Sudanese rebel leader.

The U.S. has imposed sanctions on the leader of Sudan’s military in a devastating war that is spreading famine in that country