The United States is preparing to issue sanctions on individuals and entities it considers responsible for perpetrating civil unrest in Sudan.

The fighting between rival warlords in Sudan “constitutes an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security and foreign policy of the United States,” said President Joe Biden in an executive order issued Thursday.

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