The siege and seize of the Sudanese metropolis of El-Fasher was accompanied by atrocities that bore the “hallmarks of genocide,” a United Nations fact-finding mission reported Thursday. The U.S. Treasury Division additionally introduced sanctions towards three commanders of the paramilitary Speedy Help Forces who have been concerned within the El-Fasher operation.
The U.S. sanctions comply with U.Ok. and EU sanctions on the identical people in December and January. The U.N. mentioned “the mass killings and associated atrocities dedicated by the Speedy Help Forces … are indicators of a genocidal path.” In an announcement accompanying the announcement of U.S. sanctions, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent mentioned america “won’t tolerate this ongoing marketing campaign of terror and mindless killing in Sudan.”
After capturing El-Fasher in October, the RSF declared a unilateral “humanitarian truce,” however as Yasir Zaidan predicted in a WPR briefing in November, that turned out to be a hole promise. “Previous ceasefire agreements have persistently failed, with the RSF exploiting them to reorganize, solidify benefits and keep away from accountability,” Zaidan wrote, including that for diplomacy to achieve success, “it should must be accompanied by significant strain.”
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