Source: SFGate
“The Biden administration said Tuesday that a Sudanese paramilitary group and its proxies are committing genocide in a civil war with the country’s military that has killed tens of thousands of people, leveling sanctions on the group’s leader and affiliated companies. 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. Blinken said that based on more recent reporting, he found that the Rapid Support Forces group is committing genocide. ‘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.'” (01/07/25)
https://www.sfgate.com/news/article/us-says-sudan-rebel-force-has-committed-genocide-20020176.php