The United States has imposed new airspace bans and financing restrictions on Sudan's military-led government, accusing it of using chemical weapons in its war against rival RSF paramilitaries.

The United States has imposed new airspace bans and financing restrictions on Sudan’s military-led government, accusing it of using chemical weapons in its war against rival RSF paramilitaries.

The latest sanctions, which came into effect on Monday, restrict Sudan’s access to US financing and exports and ban Sudanese state-owned airlines from using US airspace.

The US State Department said last month it had determined that “the government of Sudan used chemical weapons in 2024”, in violation of the Chemical Weapons Convention, which Sudan ratified in 1999.

Washington has not said where or when the attacks took place or identified the chemicals used.

In a statement on Sunday, Sudan’s army-aligned government rejected the allegations, calling them “unilateral and illegal” and “baseless”.

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