The United States placed sanctions Thursday on former Sudan foreign minister Ali Karti, accusing him of obstructing efforts to bring about a ceasefire in the country's civil war. More recently, Karti has stood in the way of efforts to bring a ceasefire between the Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces,

The United States on Thursday imposed sanctions on two companies, including one based in Russia, and one person it accused of exacerbating instability in Sudan as fighting has killed thousands and displaced millions of civilians.