On January 7th Antony Blinken, America’s secretary of state, said that the Rapid Support Forces ( RSF ), a brutal paramilitary force fighting the SAF for control of Sudan, had committed genocide in the western region of Darfur.

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces has used systematic murder and sexual violence in its war in Sudan, the U.S. government says as it sanctions RSF’s chief, Hemedti.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday it has determined that Sudan’s Rapid Support Force rebel group and proxies are committing genocide in the country’s civil war and has imposed sanctions on the group’s leaders.

The declaration will have a chilling effect on international relations for the RSF leader, as well as financial and travel sanctions

The Biden administration has sanctioned the RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo as well as businesses owned by the group in the UAE.View on euronews

The United States has accused Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias of committing genocide, imposing sanctions on the group's leader. The RSF is criticized for violence against civilians amid an ongoing conflict that has killed thousands and displaced millions in Sudan.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed in months of fighting that has led to a famine.

The United States has accused Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and proxy militias of committing genocide in the Northeast African nation's nearly 2-year-old civil war.

The U.S. State Department declared Tuesday that the Sudanese paramilitary army the Rapid Support Forces has committed genocide in its bloody civil war against Sudan

The United States has officially declared that a genocide is happening in Sudan, marking a dark chapter in the ongoing civil war between two powerful factions in the country. The declaration came after mounting evidence showed that a paramilitary group called the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) has been systematically targeting civilians,