The US says that the RSF of Sudan committed genocide, and announces sanctions against the leaders Sudan war news

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said the US is committed to “bringing to justice those responsible for these atrocities”.

The United States has determined that the Rapid Support Force (RSF) and allied militias committed genocide. From Sudanannounced sanctions targeting the group’s leader.

US Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said in a statement on Tuesday that RSF carried out direct attacks. on civilians and systematically killed men and boys based on their ethnicity.

He also accused the group of using rape and other forms sexual violence against women and girls based on their ethnicity.

“The United States is committed to bringing to justice those responsible for these atrocities,” Blinken said.

A it was cruel Tens of thousands of people have been killed and many more displaced between the Sudanese military and the rebel RSF. 11 million within the last 18 months.

According to a study by the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine, thousands also died from conflict-related causes such as disease and starvation.

“The RSF and RSF-aligned militias continue to carry out direct attacks against civilians,” Blinken said.

“Those militias targeted fleeing civilians, killed innocent people fleeing the conflict, and prevented remaining civilians from accessing life-saving supplies.”

The US Ministry of Finance also announced sanctions against RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The sanctions bar him from traveling to the United States and freeze any assets he may have in the United States.

International organizations such as the World Health Organization (WHO) have difficulty accessing areas in Sudan where civilians are struggling to survive. lack of food and other critical goods.

“Malnourished children and mothers are dying because they don’t have access to care, and cholera is spreading in many parts of the country,” WHO regional director Hanan Balkhy said at a press conference in October.

The United Nations also said these countries to provide weapons The RSF and the Sudanese army, both of which are said to be committing atrocities, are “facilitating massacres” and arms supplies should be cut off.

The Sudanese government said that the United Arab Emirates (UAE) had armed the RSF. denied.

The US Treasury Department announced on Tuesday that sanctions have been imposed on seven UAE-based RSF companies.

In recent months, including the United States itself, it has been accused of facilitating serious human rights violations genocideIn the Gaza Strip.

There, its ally Israel, with the military assistance of the United States, carried out a military campaign that killed 45,885 Palestinians. The US has denied that Israel committed genocide in Gaza.