Abdel Fattah al-Burhan

Authority

US Department of the Treasury, Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC)

Instrument

Executive Order 14098 (Sudan); SDN List

Listed

16 Jan 2025

Scope

Blocking of property and interests in property subject to US jurisdiction; US persons generally prohibited from dealings with him

Notes

OFAC designated him as a leader, official or senior executive officer of the SAF, an entity whose actions it said threaten Sudan's peace, security or stability. The same action designated Sudanese-Ukrainian national Ahmad Abdalla and Hong Kong-based Portex Trade Limited. Sources reviewed show no UK, EU or UN listing of him: not on the UK Sudan list of 12 December 2025, not among the UN 1591 Committee's listed individuals, and EU Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/2262 names him only as an associated person in another listee's entry.

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Authority

Global Affairs Canada

Instrument

Special Economic Measures Act; Special Economic Measures (Sudan) Regulations, listed as Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan

Listed

5 Mar 2025

Scope

Dealings prohibition (effective asset freeze) for persons in Canada and Canadians abroad; inadmissibility to Canada

Notes

Canada stated that he and RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo had refused to negotiate in good faith or agree to a permanent ceasefire.

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