The U.S. has announced sanctions against the chief of Sudan’s Armed Forces, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan. The Treasury Department accused Sudan’s military of lethal attacks on civilians, including the use of chemical weapons, and the denial of humanitarian aid. This comes just days after the Biden administration imposed sanctions on Sudan’s rival paramilitary group, the Rapid Support Forces, and a week after accusing the RSF of committing genocide.

The U.N. says more than 150,000 people have been killed since fighting erupted in April 2023, and 11 million have fled their homes, while famine has spread to at least five regions. Earlier this week, a local volunteer network said over 120 people were killed during shelling in Omdurman, the twin city of Sudan’s capital Khartoum.