The Biden administration has declared that Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and its affiliates are committing genocide in the country's civil war. Secretary of State Antony Blinken stated that the conflict, which has been described as the world's largest humanitarian crisis, has escalated beyond war crimes and ethnic cleansing. The US has imposed sanctions on RSF leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa (Hemedti) and seven RSF-owned companies in the United Arab Emirates.
WASHINGTON — The Biden administration said Tuesday it has determined that Sudan ’s paramilitary group and its proxies are committing genocide in the country’s civil war and that it has imposed sanctions on the group’s leader and affiliated companies.
Blinken said that based on more recent reporting, he found that the Rapid Support Forces group is committing genocide. His statement was accompanied by a Treasury Department announcement that RSF leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa, also known as Hemedti, had been targeted for sanctions as well as seven RSF-owned companies located in the United Arab Emirates.
“Those same militias have targeted fleeing civilians, murdering innocent people escaping conflict, and prevented remaining civilians from accessing lifesaving supplies,” he said. The UAE has been repeatedly accused of arming the RSF, something the UAE has strenuously denied despite evidence to the contrary.
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