Why Sanctions Are Not Stifling Sudan's War Economy and What We Can Do About It

[African Arguments] Since the outbreak of the brutal civil war in Sudan in April 2023, the US, British, and Canadian governments, along with the European Union and United Nations, have imposed targeted sanctions on some 32 individuals and 20 companies tied to the bloodshed to restrict their access to assets, international finance, and travel. Three and a half years into the fighting, more than two-thirds of Sudan's population requires humanitarian aid and almost 14 million people have been forcibly displaced, and the need