US says Sudan’s RSF committed genocide, announces sanctions on leaders
Al Jazeera
US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says US committed to ‘holding accountable those responsible for these atrocities’.
The United States has determined that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias have committed genocide in Sudan, announcing sanctions targeting the group’s leader.
In a statement on Tuesday, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said that the RSF has carried out direct attacks on civilians and systematically murdered men and boys because of their ethnicity.
He also accused the group of using rape and other forms of sexual violence against women and girls because of their ethnicity.
“The United States is committed to holding accountable those responsible for these atrocities,” Blinken said.
A brutal war between Sudan’s military and the rebel RSF has killed tens of thousands of people and displaced more than 11 million internally over the last 18 months.
