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We hope to see more pressure from the United States on the parties to the conflict and U.S. allies to respond to past and ongoing atrocities and human suffering.”
She added
And so, this one closes the loop. Not only does it target the perpetrator but also the enabler, and therefore it puts a lot of pressure on also the international community to take action against the RSF,
he saidIt is welcome, but a lot of work needs to be put into ensuring that the culprits that are committing the mass atrocities are held accountable,
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The decision... expresses the failure of the [US President Joe] Biden administration to deal with the Sudanese crisis and the double standards it followed [with regards to the crisis],
Hemedti's adviser, ... El-Basha Tbaeq, said in a post on his X account
Both belligerents bear responsibility for the violence and suffering in Sudan and lack the legitimacy to govern a future peaceful Sudan,
he said
The United States is committed to holding accountable those responsible for these atrocities,
Blinken said
As the overall commander of the RSF, Hemedti bears command responsibility for the abhorrent and illegal actions of his forces,
the Treasury saidAmerica previously punished the great African freedom fighter Nelson Mandela, which was wrong. Today, it is rewarding those who started the war by punishing (RSF leader) General Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, which is also wrong,
said an RSF spokesman when reached for commentBased on this information, I have now concluded that members of the RSF and allied militias have committed genocide in Sudan,
he said
Today's action is part of our continued efforts to promote accountability for all warring parties whose actions fuel this conflict,
Blinken said Tuesday
Malnourished children and mothers are dying due to lack of access to care, and cholera is spreading in many parts of the country,
WHO’s regional director Hanan Balkhy said at a media briefing in October
The United States continues to call for an end to this conflict that is putting innocent civilian lives in jeopardy,
said Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo
The Treasury Department remains committed to using every tool available to hold accountable those responsible for violating the human rights of the Sudanese people,
he addedSudan remains in the grip of a humanitarian crisis of staggering proportions,
Edem Wosornu, from the UN's humanitarian agency OCHA, told the Security Council at the UN headquarters in New York earlier this weekThrough its campaign in Darfur, Gezira, and other combat areas, the RSF has committed a litany of documented war crimes and atrocities,
it saidThe RSF and RSF-aligned militias have continued to direct attacks against civilians,
Blinken said
Those same militias have targeted fleeing civilians, murdering innocent people escaping conflict, and prevented remaining civilians from accessing lifesaving supplies,
he said in a statementFor nearly two years, Hemedti’s RSF has engaged in a brutal armed conflict with the Sudanese Armed Forces for control of Sudan, killing tens of thousands, displacing 12 million Sudanese, and triggering widespread starvation,
the Treasury Department said in a separate statementThe 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,
Blinken said in a statement on Tuesday