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, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said.
Those same militias have targeted fleeing civilians, murdering innocent people escaping conflict, and prevented remaining civilians from accessing lifesaving supplies, Blinken said, concluding that members of the RSF and allied militias have committed genocide in Sudan.
The genocide designation and sanctions announcement will further tarnish Hemedti's international image, already damaged by a drumbeat of reports that the RSF and its allied militias have engaged in a spree of gang rapes, looting, ethnic cleansing, kidnapping, enslavement, war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Hemedti had hoped to be a future leader of Sudan, portraying himself as a champion of democracy against the autocratic military...but after the RSF stormed across vast swaths of Sudan, he embarked on a victory tour of African nations.
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