Coverage dated January 6, 2025

US determines Sudan's RSF committed genocide, sanctions leader

Headline from Voice of America

The US says the paramilitary group killed and raped on an ethnic basis

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  1. Voice of America

    US determines Sudan's RSF committed genocide, sanctions leader (opens Voice of America)

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    Voice of America's feed description

    The US says the paramilitary group killed and raped on an ethnic basis

  2. Al-Monitor

    US sanctions Sudan's Hemedti, declares RSF committed genocide (opens Al-Monitor)

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    Al-Monitor's feed description

    The United States also placed sanctions on companies in the United Arab Emirates it said were procuring weapons for the Rapid Support Forces.

  3. The Guardian

    US declares Sudan’s paramilitary forces committed genocide during civil war (opens The Guardian)

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    Blinken details pattern of systematic ethnic violence in which RSF killed civilians and blocked access to supplies

  4. KTVZ Bend

    US determines Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group committed genocide in country’s civil war (opens KTVZ Bend)

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    By Jennifer Hansler, CNN (CNN) — Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed genocide over the course of the more than year-long civil war in Sudan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday.

  5. Al Jazeera

    US says Sudan’s RSF committed genocide, announces sanctions on leaders (opens Al Jazeera)

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    US Secretary of State Antony Blinken says US committed to ‘holding accountable those responsible for these atrocities’.

  6. Deutsche Welle

    US says Sudan's RSF rebels committing 'genocide' – DW (opens Deutsche Welle)

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    US Secretary of State Blinken announced sanctions on the leaders of the rebel group. The RSF has been at war with Sudan's military since April 2023, in a conflict that has further devastated the African country.

  7. CBS News

    Genocide committed by RSF militia in Sudan (opens CBS News)

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    The U.S. government has determined that Sudan's RSF paramilitary force and its allies have committed genocide in the country's raging civil war.

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