Biden administration sounds alarm about Sudan genocide

FILE - Rapid Support Forces leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa salutes during a rally in Galawee, Sudan, June 15, 2019. Daglo, of Darfur, is widely known as Hemedti and on Jan. 7, 2024, was placed under U.S. sanctions.

The White House described Sudan’s civil war as a genocide Wednesday, a day after Washington placed sanctions on the nation’s rebel leader for his forces’ “horrific, systematic atrocities” in a conflict that has gripped the nation for more than two years, killing tens of thousands of people and driving millions from their homes.