US Declares Genocide in Sudan, Sanctions RSF Leader and Companies

US Secretary of State Antony Blinken addresses the United Nations Security Council on Sudan, Thursday, Dec. 19, 2024.

Secretary of State Antony Blinken said the conflict, which began nearly two years ago and is considered the world’s biggest current humanitarian catastrophe, had escalated beyond a war crimes and ethnic cleansing determination he made in December 2023. “The RSF and RSF-aligned militias have continued to direct attacks against civilians,” Blinken said. “The RSF and allied militias have systematically murdered men and boys — even infants — on an ethnic basis, and deliberately targeted women and girls from certain ethnic groups for rape and other forms of brutal sexual violence.”

The genocide determination has no legal implication by itself, but it 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 in the United Arab Emirates, including one handling gold likely smuggled out of Sudan.

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US declares genocide in Sudan, sanctions RSF leader and UAE companiesThe Biden administration has declared that the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) group and its proxies are committing genocide in Sudan's civil war. Secretary of State Antony Blinken cited reports of systematic killings, sexual violence, and targeting of fleeing civilians. Sanctions have been imposed on RSF leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa and seven RSF-owned companies in the United Arab Emirates.
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