War crimes and crimes against humanity in Sudan. This is the conclusion of the US State Department. The two camps which have been fighting for power since mid-April are targeted. One more than the other.
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With our correspondent in Washington, Guillaume Naudin
“ The Sudanese Armed Forces and Rapid Support Forces have unleashed horrific violence, death and destruction across Sudan. “. The beginning of Antony Blinken’s press release brings the protagonists of the war for control of Sudan back to back. It details the atrocities committed by both sides. He speaks of violence and killings of prisoners in detention sites on both sides.
For General Hemedti’s Rapid Support Forces and his allied militias, Antony Blinken is adding a campaign of terror against women and girls through sexual violence, attacking them in their homes, kidnapping them in the street or leaving them alone. taking from those who tried to flee for shelter. He also mentions targeted violence against survivors of the genocide in Darfur 20 years ago.
Both General al-Burhan and General Hemedti’s forces are accused of war crimes. The American Secretary of State adds crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing against the Rapid Support Forces. And he says his office’s findings give strength and new urgency to African and international efforts to end the violence.
Since April 15, forces loyal to army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan have been at war against the paramilitaries of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) commanded by his former deputy, Mohamed Hamdane Daglo. More than 10,000 people have been killed, according to a conservative estimate by the Armed Conflict and Event Data Project, and the UN says 6.3 million people have been forced to flee their homes.