Date: 2026-01-29Category: Not ApplicableState: Union GovernmentCountry: Europe
Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/251 of 29 January 2026 implementing Regulation (EU) 2023/2147 concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan
**Executive Summary**
This document is Council Implementing Regulation (EU) 2026/251 of 29 January 2026, which amends Regulation (EU) 2023/2147 concerning restrictive measures against activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan. The amendment adds seven additional individuals to the list of sanctioned persons, entities and bodies. This regulation enters into force on the date of its 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 to include additional listings.
* **New Sanctioned Individuals:**
* The following individuals are added to the list of natural persons subject to restrictive measures:
* Algony Hamdan Dagalo Musa
* Elfateh Abdullah Idris Adam
* Edris Kafuti
* Tijani Ibrahim Moussa MOHAMED
* Gedo HAMDAN
* Abu Zaid Talha AL-MISBAH
* Al-Tayyib AL-IMAM JODA
* **Reasons for Listing:**
* Each listed individual is associated with activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan, including:
* Involvement in the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and related procurement.
* Participation in atrocities and human rights violations in Sudan, particularly in El Fasher.
* Leading and supporting militias.
* Obstructing and undermining efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan
* **Entry into Force:**
* The Regulation enters into force on the date of its publication in the Official Journal of the European Union.
**Impact Analysis**
**Stakeholder:** The seven newly listed individuals
**Impact:** Subject to restrictive measures, as outlined in Regulation (EU) 2023/2147, which includes the freezing of assets and a travel ban within the European Union.
**Action Required:** Compliance with the restrictions imposed, including not engaging in any activity that violates the Regulation.
**Stakeholder:** EU Member States
**Impact:** Required to enforce the sanctions against the listed individuals.
**Action Required:** Implement the necessary measures to freeze assets and prevent travel within the EU for the listed individuals. Ensure compliance with Regulation (EU) 2023/2147, as amended.
Key Entities Referenced
Regulation (EU) 2023/2147: Council Regulation concerning restrictive measures in view of activities undermining the stability and political transition of Sudan, which this implementing regulation amends and builds upon.
Sudan: The country where activities undermining the stability and political transition are taking place, which the regulation aims to address through restrictive measures.
Rapid Support Forces (RSF): A paramilitary group involved in the conflict and atrocities in Sudan, against which the regulation's restrictions are partially targeted.
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COUNCIL IMPLEMENTING REGULATION (EU) 2026/251
of 29 January 2026
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 (the ‘High
Representative’) 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) On 28 October 2025, the High Representative issued a joint statement with Commissioner Lahbib on the seisure of
El Fasher. The statement underlined that the seisure of Darfur’s capital by the RSF marks a dangerous turning point
in the war and threatens to further worsen the already dire humanitarian situation. Moreover, the statement added
that civilians being targeted on the basis of their ethnicity underscores the brutality of the RSF.
(4) In view of the gravity of the situation, seven additional individuals should be included in the list of natural and legal
persons, entities and bodies set out in Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/2147.
(5) 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.
(1) OJ L, 2023/2147, 11.10.2023, ELI: http://data.europa.eu/eli/reg/2023/2147/oj.
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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, 29 January 2026.
For the Council
The President
K. KALLAS
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In Annex I to Regulation (EU) 2023/2147, under the heading ‘A. Natural Persons’, the following entries are added:
Persons
Name Identifying information Reasons Date of listing
‘14. Algony Hamdan DAGALO POB: Nayala North, Sudan Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa is a major in the RSF and the brother of Mohammad 29.1.2026
MUSA Hamdan Dagalo (Hemedti), who is the head of the RSF. Algoney Hamdan Dagalo
DOB: 9.8.1990
Musa is also involved in the procurement of arms for the RSF.
a.k.a.
Nationality: Sudanese
Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa established the companies Tradive General Trading Co
Algoney Hamdan Daglo Musa
Gender: male and GSK ADVANCE COMPANY LTD, two entities subject to restrictive measures by
Musa Ahmed the Union for being involved in the RSF’s procurement processes. Therefore, he is
Function: Major in the RSF associated with entities responsible for supporting actions of the RSF that threaten the
peace, stability or security of Sudan.
Associated entities: RSF; Tradive General
Trading Co; GSK ADVANCE COMPANY LTD Algoney Hamdan Dagalo Musa is therefore responsible for planning acts in Sudan
that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses or violations of
Passport number: B00017334 (Sudan); alt.
international humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that threaten the
Passport B00024943 (Sudan) expires 27 Sep
peace, stability or security of Sudan.
2031 (individual) [SUDAN-EO14098]
15. Elfateh Abdullah Idris ADAM Nationality: Sudanese Elfateh Abdullah Idris Adam is a Brigadier General and Commander of the RSF. He 29.1.2026
has been identified as a key perpetrator of the atrocities committed by the RSF in El
a.k.a. Abu Lulu Gender: male
Fasher in October 2025. During that incident, he executed civilians and ordered the
Function: Brigadier General/Commander of the killing of several innocent people, including children.
RSF
Elfateh Abdullah Idris Adam is therefore responsible for directing and committing
Associated entities: RSF acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses, as well as
violations of international humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that
threaten the peace, stability or security of Sudan.
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16. Edris KAFUTI Nationality: Sudanese Edris Kafuti is an RSF field commander. He has been identified as a key perpetrator of 29.1.2026
the atrocities committed by the RSF in El Fasher in October 2025. During that
Gender: male
incident, he harassed detained individuals.
Function: Field Commander of the RSF
Edris Kafuti is therefore responsible for committing acts in Sudan that constitute
Associated entities: RSF serious human rights violations or abuses, as well as violations of international
humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability
or security of Sudan.
17. Tijani Ibrahim Moussa Nationality: Sudanese Tijani Ibrahim Moussa Mohamed is an RSF field commander. He has been identified 29.1.2026
MOHAMED as a key perpetrator of the atrocities committed by the RSF in El Fasher in October
Gender: male
2025. During that incident, he harassed detained individuals.
Function: Field Commander of the RSF
Tijani Ibrahim Moussa Mohamed is therefore responsible for committing acts in
Associated entities: RSF Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations or abuses, as well as violations
of international humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that threaten the
peace, stability or security of Sudan.
18. Gedo HAMDAN Nationality: Sudanese Gedo Hamdan is a Regional Commander for North Darfur Section and Brigadier 29.1.2026
General of the RSF. He has been identified as a key perpetrator of the atrocities
a.k.a. Gender: male
committed by the RSF in El Fasher in October 2025.
Abu Nushuk Function: Regional Commander for North
Gedo Hamdan is therefore responsible for committing acts in Sudan that constitute
Darfur Section, Brigadier General of the RSF
Gedo Hamdan Ahmed serious human rights violations or abuses, as well as violations of international
Associated entities: RSF humanitarian law. He is also responsible for actions that threaten the peace, stability
Abnashuk or security of Sudan.
Jido Hamdan Ahmed
Abunshuk
Jadu Hamdan
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19. Abu Zaid Talha AL-MISBAH Nationality: Sudanese Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah is the Commander of the Baraa bin Malik Battalion 29.1.2026
(BBMB), an Islamist militia fighting alongside the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in the
Gender: male
conflict between the SAF, the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and their allied armed
Function: Commander of the Baraa bin Malik groups, which has been ongoing since 15 April 2023.
Battalion (BBMB)
Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah took part in the defence of the Armored Corps base in
Associated entities: SAF; Baraa bin Malik south Khartoum between June and August 2023. He also headed Baraa bin Malik
Battalion (BBMB) Battalion’s fighters who flooded into the Republican palace in Khartoum in March
2025. Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah is therefore participating actively in the war efforts
led by the SAF, which are obstructing and undermining efforts to resume the political
transition in Sudan.
Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah holds command responsibility for the summary executions
of civilians carried out by the Baraa bin Malik Battalion in Khartoum North in
September 2024 and in Gezirah in January 2025, which constitute serious human
rights violations, as documented by, among others, the December 2025 report of the
Independent International Fact-Finding Mission for Sudan of the Human Rights
Council of the United Nations and the February 2025 report of Human Rights Watch.
Abu Zaid Talha Al-Misbah has therefore been directly involved in the perpetration by
the Baraa bin Malik Battalion of acts that constitute serious human rights violations,
and he is also responsible for undermining efforts to resume the political transition in
Sudan.
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20. Al-Tayyib AL-IMAM JODA Nationality: Sudanese Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda is the Emir of the Nafeidiya clan of the Kawahla tribe from 29.1.2026’
the Sarhan area west of Gezirah State. He was among the community leaders who
Gender: male
assisted the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied militias, in particular the Sudan
Function: Emir of the Nafeidiya clan of the Shield Forces, in recruiting and organising the campaign of systematic targeting of
Kawahla tribe from the Sarhan area west of Kanabi farming communities in Gezirah and Sennar States, which included mass
Gezirah arrests, mass killings, mass graves and burned villages, notably before and after the
recapture of Wad Madani by the SAF and their allies in January 2025.
Associated entities: SAF; Sudan Shield Forces;
Kawahla tribe; Nafeidiya clan Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda expressed his full support for the Sudan Shield Forces,
a paramilitary group allied to the SAF, headed by Abu Aqla Mohamed Kaikal which
has committed serious human rights violations in Gezirah State.
Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda has repeatedly called for the arming of the civilian
population, has recruited combatants on behalf of the SAF and the Sudan Shield
Forces, and has incited violence against the Kanabi people by accusing them of siding
with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
Al-Tayyib Al-Imam Joda has therefore been involved in planning, directing and
committing acts in Sudan that constitute serious human rights violations and that
directly undermine efforts to resume the political transition in Sudan.
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