Date: 2025-11-20Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2369 of 20 November 2025 amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan
**Executive Summary**
This Council Decision (CFSP) 2025/2369, dated November 20, 2025, amends Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135, concerning restrictive measures against activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan. It adds one individual to the list of sanctioned persons and enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment to Decision 2023/2135:** The annex to Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 is amended.
* **Addition to Sanctions List:**
* Abdelrahim Hamdan DAGALO, also known as Abdul Rahim DAGALO, is added to the list of natural persons subject to restrictive measures.
* Born January 1, 1972.
* Sudanese national.
* Male.
* Deputy Commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
* Associated with Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and Al Junaid Multi Activities Co Ltd.
* Associated with Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo.
* **Reasons for Listing:** Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo is responsible for directing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law and for actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.
**Impact Analysis**
**Abdelrahim Hamdan DAGALO:**
* **Impact:** Subject to restrictive measures.
* **Action Required:** Must comply with sanctions imposed.
**Rapid Support Forces (RSF):**
* **Impact:** Further scrutiny and potential challenges to operations due to sanctions on its Deputy Commander and association with Al Junaid Multi Activities Co Ltd.
* **Action Required:** Evaluate internal compliance and operational adjustments to comply with potential restrictions.
**Al Junaid Multi Activities Co Ltd:**
* **Impact:** Likely to be subject to further restrictions.
* **Action Required:** Must comply with sanctions imposed.
**European Union Member States:**
* **Impact:** Required to implement and enforce the amended sanctions regime.
* **Action Required:** Update national legislation and procedures to comply with the new decision.
Key Entities Referenced
Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135: Council Decision concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan, amended by this decision.
Treaty on European Union: The foundational treaty of the European Union, particularly Article 29, which provides the legal basis for the Council's action.
Sudan: The country where activities undermining stability and political transition are occurring, leading to restrictive measures.
Abdelrahim Hamdan DAGALO: Individual listed for directing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law.
Rapid Support Forces (RSF): Armed group in Sudan subject to restrictive measures for actions threatening peace, stability, or security of the country.
Official Journal EN
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2025/2369 20.11.2025
COUNCIL DECISION (CFSP) 2025/2369
of 20 November 2025
amending Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 concerning restrictive measures in view of activities
undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan
THE COUNCIL OF THE EUROPEAN UNION,
Having regard to the Treaty on European Union and in particular Article 29 thereof,
Having regard to the proposal from the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy,
Whereas:
(1) On 9 October 2023, the Council adopted Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135(1).
(2) On 27 November 2023, the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy issued
a statement on behalf of the Union, in which the Union and its Member States reiterated their strong condemnation
of the continuous fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their
respective affiliated militias. The statement also deplored the dramatic escalation of violence and the irreparable cost
to human life in Darfur and throughout the country, as well as violations of international human rights law and
international humanitarian law.
(3) In view of the gravity of the situation, one individual should be included in the list of natural and legal persons,
entities or bodies set out in the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135.
(4) Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS DECISION:
Article 1
The Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Decision.
Article 2
This Decision shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2025.
For the Council
The President
K. KALLAS
(1) Council Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135 of 9 October 2023 concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the
stability and political transition of Sudan (OJ L, 2023/2135, 11.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2023/2135/oj).
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/dec/2025/2369/oj 1/2ANNEX
In the Annex to Decision (CFSP) 2023/2135, under heading ‘A. List of natural persons referred to in Article 1(1) and in Article 2(1)’, the following entry is added:
Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
‘13. Abdelrahim Hamdan DAGALO DOB: 1.1.1972 Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo is Deputy Commander of the Rapid Support Forces 20.11.2025’
(RSF) and the brother of Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), Commander of the
a.k.a. Abdul Rahim DAGALO Nationality: Sudanese
RSF.
Gender: male
On 15 January 2024, Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo was identified by the United
Function: Deputy Commander of the Rapid Nations Panel of Experts on Sudan as having “played a pivotal role in the RSF
Support Forces campaign in Darfur, personally supervising the military operations in the five States
[of Darfur], since October [2023]”. In October 2025, he ordered the killing and
Associated entities: Rapid Support Forces; Al execution of civilians and led RSF actions against civilians in El Fasher.
Junaid Multi Activities Co Ltd
Together with his two sons, Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo owns the holding company
Associated individuals: Mohamed Hamdan Al Junaid Multi Activities Co Ltd (Al Junaid), an entity subject to restrictive measures
Dagalo by the Union for procuring military equipment for the RSF. Abdelrahim Hamdan
Dagalo played a pivotal role in the RSF campaign in Darfur, by personally supervising
the military operations and by financing RSF operations through Al Junaid. He is
therefore associated with an entity that provides support for RSF actions that threaten
the peace, stability or security of Sudan.
Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo is therefore responsible for directing acts in Sudan that
constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of international
humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability
or security of Sudan.
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