The United States imposes <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Economic_sanctions" id="mwAV0" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Economic sanctions">economic sanctions</a> against <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan" id="mwAV4" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Sudan">Sudan</a> in response to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Human_rights_in_Sudan" id="mwAV8" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Human rights in Sudan">its human rights abuses of its own citizens</a> and its material and political assistance to <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Islamic_extremism" id="mwAWA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Islamic extremism">Islamic extremist</a> groups across the Middle East and <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/East_Africa" id="mwAWE" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="East Africa">East Africa</a>.