"The Sudanese government rejects and condemns the US Treasury Department's sanctions against Sovereignty Council Chair and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan,” the Foreign Ministry said in a statement.

Sudan's army chief has ordered an investigation into allegations that his troops carried out widespread atrocities after recapturing the capital of Gezira state from their paramilitary rivals. Gen Abdel Fattah al-Burhan's move comes after widespread concern that civilians - including foreign nationals - were killed after the seizure of Wad Madani.

The move comes over a week after the Biden administration imposed sanctions on Rapid Support Forces leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.

NAIROBI — The Biden administration on Thursday imposed sanctions on the head of the Sudanese military, Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, for allegedly presiding over attacks on civilians, denying food aid to Sudanese citizens and contributing to what Secretary of State Antony Blinken called the “world’s worst humanitarian crisis.”

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

The United States has sanctioned the leader of the Sudanese Armed Forces, accusing Gen. Abdel Fattah al-Burhan of destabilizing the war-torn Northeast African nation and undermining peace efforts.

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,

The United States will impose financial sanctions on Thursday on Sudan's leader, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, three sources with direct knowledge of the matter told Reuters. Washington was set to announce the measures just a week after imposing sanctions against Burhan's rival in a two-year-old civil war,

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.