As mass graves are uncovered in Sudan, the authorities of the United Kingdomannounced that it has sanctioned businesses associated with the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and their rival military groups within the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).

Yevgeny Prigozhin, the leader of the Russian mercenary group Wagner and a key player on the battlefields of Ukraine, has offered to mediate between Sudan's warring generals, whose fight for power has pushed the country into what now appears to be a full-blown civil war.