Al-Fateh Abdullah Idris

Authority

FCDO / HM Treasury OFSI

Instrument

The Sudan (Sanctions) (EU Exit) Regulations 2020; UK Sanctions List ref SUD0023 (OFSI Group ID 17258)

Listed

12 Dec 2025

Scope

Asset freeze, travel ban, director disqualification

Notes

The UK statement of reasons says there are reasonable grounds to suspect he is an involved person in serious violations of international humanitarian law, including violence based on ethnicity or religion and the deliberate targeting of civilians. Varied on 25 February 2026 to record the UN listing.

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Authority

Council of the European Union

Instrument

EU Sudan regime: Council Decision (CFSP) 2026/254 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 and Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/251 implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2147; Annex entry 15, listed as Elfateh Abdullah Idris ADAM

Listed

29 Jan 2026

Scope

Asset freeze, prohibition on making funds or economic resources available, travel ban

Notes

Adopted 29 January 2026 (instrument numbers confirmed by EUR-Lex record of Implementing Regulation 2026/251 and by Radio Dabanga; entry 15 as shown in a copy of Decision 2026/254). The Council's draft statement of reasons identifies him as a key perpetrator of RSF atrocities in El Fasher in October 2025, including executing civilians and ordering killings, among them of children.

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Authority

US Department of the Treasury, OFAC

Instrument

Executive Order 14098 (Sudan); SDN List, listed as Elfateh Abdullah Idris Adam

Listed

19 Feb 2026

Scope

Blocking of property and interests in property subject to US jurisdiction

Notes

OFAC designated him as a foreign person responsible for or complicit in attacks on civilians. It stated he filmed himself killing unarmed civilians, executed captives at close range and took part in a March 2024 execution of captured SAF personnel at the Al-Jili oil refinery. OFAC said the RSF reportedly arrested him and assessed that the arrest was likely staged.

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Authority

UN Security Council Committee established pursuant to resolution 1591 (2005) concerning Sudan

Instrument

Paragraph 3(c) of resolution 1591 (2005); UN ref SDi.009

Listed

24 Feb 2026

Scope

Travel ban and asset freeze (UN Member States)

Notes

The UN narrative summary describes him as a key perpetrator of violence in El Fasher on 26 October 2025 and states that video footage reportedly shows him executing civilians and boasting of killing more than 2,000 people.

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