Published On 11/6/2026
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A state of relief prevailed in government circles in Khartoum, on Wednesday, after the Foreign Affairs Committee of the US House of Representatives deleted – according to Sudanese sources – a clause in a new draft law aimed at strengthening American involvement in Sudan and calling on Washington to take action to “delegitimize the Sudanese government.”
Sudanese diplomatic sources told Al Jazeera Net that the paragraphs included in the draft law regarding “delegitimizing the Sudanese government and not recognizing its representation in the United Nations or diplomatic missions” had been completely deleted before its adoption.
The majority of members of the US House of Representatives Foreign Affairs Committee voted in favor of the bill called the “American Engagement in Sudan Peace Act,” which provides for the use of US influence within the United Nations to help deploy and support a United Nations or African Union force, or a multinational force, to operate inside Sudan.
The Sudanese diplomatic sources – who requested to remain anonymous – explained that the majority of the provisions of the draft law do not deviate from the general context of previous Congressional decisions regarding Sudan, and are generally inspired by the provisions of the Sudan Peace Law of 2002.
Classification of warring parties in Sudan
The bill, which was passed by bipartisan consensus in the Foreign Affairs Committee, stipulates that the Secretary of State and the Secretary of the Treasury shall, jointly, and within a period not exceeding 90 days from the date of enactment of the law, conduct a comprehensive review to determine whether any of the parties to the war in Sudan meets the necessary criteria for classification as a “specially designated global terrorist entity.”
The draft law called for imposing sanctions on officials in the Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army and their families, and obliges the US administration to disclose persons and entities linked to genocide crimes, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, as well as those who obstruct the arrival of humanitarian aid.
The draft also includes provisions obligating the US President to submit periodic reports to Congress that include identifying foreign persons and entities involved in committing or supporting acts of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity, in addition to those that obstruct or prevent the access of humanitarian aid to civilians affected by the war.
The project stressed the necessity of continuing to classify the Rapid Support Forces among those subject to US sanctions, and also called on the United Nations to expand the arms embargo currently imposed on the Darfur region to include all parts of Sudan.
Last February, the United States imposed financial sanctions on 3 leaders of the Rapid Support Forces, against the backdrop of their involvement in the siege of the city of El Fasher in the Darfur region, which lasted 18 months, before the forces took control of it last October.
