Date: 2025-11-20Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2368 of 20 November 2025 implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2147 concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan
**Executive Summary**
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2368, dated November 20, 2025, amends Regulation (EU) 2023/2147 concerning restrictive measures against activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan. The key action is the addition of one individual to the list of sanctioned persons, as detailed in Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2023/2147. The regulation enters into force upon publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Key Points / Main Content**
* **Amendment to Regulation (EU) 2023/2147:**
* Annex I of Regulation (EU) 2023/2147 is amended as per the Annex of Implementing Regulation (EU) 2025/2368.
* **Addition to Sanctions List:**
* Abdelrahim Hamdan DAGALO (a.k.a. Abdul Rahim DAGALO) is added to the list of natural persons subject to restrictive measures, effective November 20, 2025.
* Reason: He is the Deputy Commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and is responsible for directing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of international humanitarian law. Also responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan. Supervises RSF military operations and finances RSF operations through Al Junaid Multi Activities Co Ltd.
**Impact Analysis**
**Member States of the European Union**
* **Impact:** The regulation is binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
* **Action Required:** Member states must implement the restrictive measures against the newly listed individual, including asset freezes and travel bans.
**Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo**
* **Impact:** Placed under restrictive measures, including asset freezes and travel bans.
* **Action Required:** Ensure compliance with the restrictive measures imposed.
Key Entities Referenced
Regulation (EU) 2023/2147: Council Regulation concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan
Sudan: Country subject to restrictive measures due to activities undermining its stability and political transition
Abdelrahim Hamdan Dagalo: Deputy Commander of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) listed for directing acts 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.
Rapid Support Forces (RSF): Sudanese paramilitary group whose actions are undermining the stability of Sudan
Brussels: Location where the regulation was adopted
Official Journal EN
of the European Union L series
2025/2368 20.11.2025
COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2025/2368
of 20 November 2025
implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2147 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 the Functioning of the European Union,
Having regard to Council Regulation (EU) 2023/2147 of 9 October 2023 concerning restrictive measures in view of
activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan(1), and in particular Article 13(1) 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 Regulation (EU) 2023/2147.
(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 Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/2147.
(4) Regulation (EU) 2023/2147 should therefore be amended accordingly,
HAS ADOPTED THIS REGULATION:
Article 1
Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/2147 is amended in accordance with the Annex to this Regulation.
Article 2
This Regulation shall enter into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
This Regulation shall be binding in its entirety and directly applicable in all Member States.
Done at Brussels, 20 November 2025.
For the Council
The President
K. KALLAS
(1) OJ L, 2023/2147, 11.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2147/oj.
ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2368/oj 1/2ANNEX
In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/2147, under heading ‘A. Natural Persons’, 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.
2/2
ELI:
http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg_impl/2025/2368/oj
EN
OJ
L,
20.11.2025