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Nine people and an “entity” apparently involved in “sustaining armed conflict, instability and insecurity” in the eastern Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) find themselves...

More than a year ago in April hostilities in Sudan were escalated to the level of war with the African Union (AU) this week...

Presidential spokesperson, Vincent Magwenya, has batted away suggestions that South Africa may be hit with international sanctions due to its non-aligned stance regarding the...

The African Union (AU) decided in May this year to activate its Peace and Security Council (PSC) sanctions committee. Although established in 2009, the...

United Nations (UN) Security Council (SC) sanctions are no longer blunt instruments having transformed since the 1990s into “a vital tool” minimising negative consequences...

The US will lift restrictions on four Burundians it sanctioned in 2015 over violence in the country, the White House said. In 2015, the US...

West Africa’s main political and economic bloc imposed sanctions on Sunday against Mali’s transitional leaders after they informed the organisation they would not be...

The European Parliament urged the EU to impose sanctions on Turkey after President Tayyip Erdogan visited the breakaway Turkish Cypriot north of Cyprus. With 631...

The United States has imposed sanctions on two Iranian entities and 45 associated individuals who carried out a malware campaign targeting Iranian dissidents, journalists...

Syria held a parliamentary election on Sunday, gripped by a collapsing economy and new US sanctions after President Bashar al-Assad clawed back control of...

The leaders of France, Germany and Italy on Saturday threatened for the first time to use sanctions against countries that continued to violate a...

Iran dismissed on Thursday new US sanctions on several Iranian officials, saying they were a sign of the complete inefficiency of Washington’s previous sanctions...

The US imposed sanctions on South Sudanese First Vice President Taban Deng Gai, the US Treasury Department said in a statement, in Washington’s latest...

Iraq’s parliament called for US and other foreign troops to leave as a backlash grows against the US killing of a top Iranian general...

The US imposed sanctions on the leader of an Islamist rebel group and five others for serious human rights abuses including mass rape, torture...

The United States could impose sanctions on Egypt and block future military sales if it goes ahead with a purchase of Russian warplanes, a...

The US imposed sanctions on Zimbabwe’s state security minister Owen Ncube over what it says is credible information of his involvement in “gross violations...

The UN envoy for Libya hopes an international conference next month will produce a Security Council resolution committing foreign powers to stopping an escalating...

The US Treasury sanctioned three Gupta family members, friends of former South African President Jacob Zuma accused of influence-peddling and a business associate for...

Sudan’s prime minister held useful talks with US officials while at the United Nations last week and was hopeful Khartoum could reach an agreement...

A top US State Department official who deals with Sudan said Washington was considering all options, including sanctions, if there was more violence after...

US President Donald Trump extended by a year sanctions against Zimbabwe saying the new government’s policies continue to pose an “unusual and extraordinary” threat...

The European Union renewed sanctions against the ruling coalition's candidate for presidential elections in Democratic Republic of Congo Emmanuel Ramazani Shadary and 13 other...

The US Treasury Department imposed sanctions on Libyan Islamist commander Salah Badi, accusing him of undermining security by directing attacks on groups...

Danakali and other miners said a UN decision to lift sanctions on Eritrea should enhance international trade opportunities and give an economic...

The UN Security Council unanimously voted to lift a nearly decade-old arms embargo and targeted sanctions on Eritrea after a rapprochement with...

The United Nations Security Council is set to vote on Wednesday to lift a nearly decade-old arms embargo and targeted sanctions on...

The UN Security Council is considering lifting sanctions on Eritrea next week following rapprochement with Ethiopia, although some members want to maintain...

The European Union is set to renew sanctions in December on senior officials in Democratic Republic of Congo, including presidential candidate Emmanuel...

The US government will not lift sanctions against Zimbabwe until President Emmerson Mnangagwa's government demonstrates it is "changing its ways," a senior...

A top UN aid official backs a decision by major powers to renew sanctions on South Sudanese leaders and consider imposing asset...

The UN Security Council voted to renew some sanctions on South Sudan through mid-July and consider imposing travel bans and asset freezes...

The United States has proposed the UN Security Council impose sanctions against several South Sudanese ministers and officials, accusing them of obstructing...

U.S. sanctions on Russian military exports have put the brakes on a $6 billion deal with India and may derail the arms...

France will propose the first names to be blacklisted by the United Nations Security Council for violating or obstructing Mali's 2015 peace...

Switzerland imposed sanctions including asset freezes and travel bans on 14 allies of Democratic Republic of Congo's President Joseph Kabila amid a...

The United States has imposed sanctions on Burkina Faso-based Ansarul Islam, calling the militant group a terrorism threat. This comes after a string...

West African regional bloc ECOWAS hit 20 Guinea-Bissau politicians and businessmen with sanctions, including travel bans and asset freezes accusing them of...

The United States issued sanctions targeting four military and militia leaders in the Democratic Republic of Congo for engaging in "destabilising activity"...

The African Union is open to imposing sanctions on leaders violating ceasefires in South Sudan, joining a growing chorus of officials who...

An internationally backed ceasefire monitoring team in South Sudan has asked the UN Security Council to say whether leaders violating a peace...

The US Treasury Department blacklisted two people it said supported the outlawed Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) in Central African Republic through illegal...

For the first time in 20 years Sudan started receiving foreign currency inflows, the central bank said on Wednesday, days after the...

It's remarkable how quickly the tables have turned in the Sudans. Just a few years ago the infant state of South Sudan...

The United States lifted long-standing sanctions against Sudan on Friday, saying it had made progress fighting terrorism and easing humanitarian distress, and...

Sudan expects the United States to lift economic sanctions as Khartoum has met the required conditions, a Sudanese minister said, days before...

The Trump administration imposed sanctions against two senior South Sudanese officials and the country's former army chief in a warning to the...

The UN Security Council this week established a sanctions regime on Mali, introducing a travel ban and assets freeze for individuals and...

Sudan's foreign minister said his country, which has been under US sanctions for 20 years, was looking forward to the restoration of...

Sudan will continue to co-operate with the United States, including on intelligence sharing, even though it halted the work of a committee...