Washington DC, June 27 -- The United States on Friday imposed sanctions on eight individuals and entities, including an Indian national and a Chhattisgarh-based explosives manufacturer, for their alleged links to procurement and recruitment networks that Washington said have fuelled Sudan's civil war.

In a statement, the US Department of the Treasury's Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) announced sanctions targeting networks that it said have enabled both the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to sustain and intensify the conflict, worsening what it described as one of the world's gravest humanitarian crises.

Among those designated are Indian national Alok Choudhari, Chief Executive Officer ...