The Government of USA stated this Tuesday that the paramilitary militias of the Rapid Action Forces (FAR) and its allies “are committing genocide” in the civil war being fought in Sudan since the spring of 2023. Following the very serious accusations, Washington has imposed sanctions against the leader of the FAR, General Mohamed Hamdan Dagaloalias ‘Hemedti’. Hemedti’s militias fight against the Sudan Armed Forces which is also led by the general Abdel Fattah Al Burhan in a devastating conflict in which 24,000 people have died while millions have been displaced by the fighting.
The US already concluded in 2023 that the Sudanese Armed Forces had committed war crimes and the FAR crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing. He now maintains that the paramilitaries “have continued to systematically direct attacks against civilians.” and often for ethnic reasons “The FAR and its allies have systematically murdered men and boys, even babies, based on ethnic reasonsand have deliberately targeted women and girls from certain ethnic groups through rape and other forms of sexual violence“said Secretary of State Antony Blinken.
“These same militias have attacked fleeing civilians, murdering innocent people fleeing the conflict, and have prevented remaining civilians from accessing vital life-saving supplies,” added the head of US diplomacy. “Based on this information, I have concluded that members of the FAR and allied militias have committed genocide in Sudan,” said Secretary of State Anthony Blinken.
Support from the United Arab Emirates
The Sudanese Armed Forces and the FAR have been waging an open war since April 2023 to take control of the country that has left tens of thousands of dead and has turned the African nation into the scene of the worst internally displaced persons crisis. of the planet, according to the United Nations. United Arab Emirates He has been repeatedly identified as the main foreign support for the rebels led by Hamedti, to whom he would provide weapons and financing. Abu Dhabi has denied arming the paramilitaries.
The sanctions announced by the US include several companies based in the Emirates, a federation of seven principalities located on the Arabian Peninsula. Including a company dedicated to gold salea precious material that according to Washington’s suspicions would be being taken out of Sudan illicitly.
