JOHANNESBURG, South Africa – The Biden administration has been criticized by incoming Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Sen. Jim Risch (R-Idaho) for “waiting” to declare rebellion until the outgoing president had 13 days left in his term. It was heavily criticized. The actions in Sudan, a country torn apart by 21 months of brutal war, are considered “genocide.”
Earlier this week, Secretary of State Antony Blinken declared that members of the Sudanese rebel group Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had “committed genocide in Sudan.”
“The United States is committed to holding accountable those responsible for these atrocities,” Blinken said in a statement. Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Moussa was sanctioned.”
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U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with Secretary of State Antony Blinken during a tripartite meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in the East Room of the White House in Washington, DC, April 11, 2024. (September 11) The three countries will hold the first-ever trilateral summit in a show of solidarity as China's claims in the South China Sea heighten tensions in the region. (Photo by Andrew Harnik/Getty Images)
Blinken issued this ruling because, “RSF and RSF-aligned militias continue to carry out direct attacks on civilians, systematically killing men, boys, and even infants on an ethnic basis, and killing women and “This is because they have intentionally targeted young girls.” rape and other brutal sexual violence perpetrated by certain ethnic groups; ”
He continued: “The same militias are targeting fleeing civilians, killing innocent people fleeing conflict, and denying remaining civilians access to life-saving supplies.” Ta.
Blinken added that the African country “suffers from a conflict of unmitigated brutality that has resulted in the world's largest humanitarian catastrophe, with 638,000 Sudanese experiencing the worst famine in Sudan's recent history.” More than 30 million people are in need of humanitarian assistance and thousands of people have died.
Rishu argued that the situation in Sudan has been catastrophic for more than a year and questioned the timing of Blinken's declaration. In a statement earlier this week, he said: “It has been almost a year since I introduced a resolution calling the atrocities in Sudan what they are: genocide. First, we called for global Magnitsky sanctions to be imposed on RSF.” Although Hemedi was killed 263 days ago, these sanctions have still not been applied. ”
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Sudanese rebel group “Sudan Liberation Movement'' active in Sudan's Darfur state and supporting army commander Abdel Fattah al-Burhan attends a graduation ceremony held in the southeastern Gedaref state on March 28, 2024. ” combatants. (Photo credit: AFP via Getty Images)
In an interview with Fox News Digital, Risch declared, “The Biden administration waited until less than two weeks into office to impose sanctions on RSF-related companies.'' And Hemediti condemned their crimes and called the atrocities in Sudan a genocide. ”
“The failure to respond to the Sudan crisis weakened America's influence in the region and the world years ago,” Risch said. “If the Biden administration backs up its rhetoric with action, Sudan will be in a better place today. We will be in a better position, more lives will be saved, and foreign proxies that exacerbate this conflict will be kept at bay.”
Risch added: “This war must end. Further destabilization in Sudan will only breed terrorism and regional chaos, threatening global security. The United States and our allies must stop the killings and brutality and “We must end the malign actions of our proxies and work to address migration pressure from Sudan,” he added. Eliminate mass displacement and protect strategic interests such as the Red Sea Corridor. ”
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People board a truck as it leaves Khartoum, Sudan, June 19, 2023. Large numbers of people, including children, are victims of rape and rape, the United Nations Human Rights Office said in a new report on Friday, February 23, 2024. Other forms of sexual violence and assaults that may constitute war crimes in the ongoing conflict in Sudan. (AP photo, file)
“We are also sanctioning seven RSF-owned companies and one individual in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for their roles in procuring arms for the RSF,” Blinken said in a statement. announced sanctions.
The Ministry of Finance also released a statement at about the same time as the country's announcement, saying, “The RSF's ability to acquire military equipment and generate funds continues to fuel the conflict in Sudan.” The Ministry of Finance said certain Sudanese-owned companies in the UAE “provided funds and weapons to the RSF.”
Other UAE companies sanctioned last week include the Ministry of Finance for dealing in financial transactions, being “an important part of RSF's operational financing activities” and importing IT and security equipment. has been criticized by
A gold company in the UAE was sanctioned for “purchasing gold from Sudan, possibly for the benefit of the RSF, and then transporting it to Dubai.” The Ministry of Finance also claimed that “RSF's head of procurement, the younger brother of RSF leader Hemedi, maintained access to[the gold company's]bank accounts in the UAE containing millions of dollars.”
On November 7, 2023, women in El Geneina, West Darfur state weep after receiving news of missing relatives in Aldamata, where they were waiting in Adre, Chad. Al-Damata was the latest site of ethnic purges led by the RSF and allied Arab forces. Militia against the Masalit tribe in Africa. (Reuters/El Tayeb Siddig)
“The United States continues to seek an end to this conflict that puts the lives of innocent civilians at risk,” said Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyemo. “The Treasury Department remains committed to using all available tools to hold accountable those responsible for human rights violations of the Sudanese people.”
In response to a question from Fox News Digital about UAE-registered companies, a Ministry of Foreign Affairs official countered: “The UAE's main focus in Sudan remains to address the devastating humanitarian crisis. We continue to call for an immediate ceasefire and peaceful resolution to this man-made conflict. In this regard, the UAE has already It has made it perfectly clear that it is not providing support or supplies to either of Sudan's two warring parties. ”
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The official continued: “The UAE takes its role in safeguarding the integrity of the international financial system very seriously. We continue to fight financial crime globally, strengthen international cooperation and address emerging risks. “We are fully committed to developing a strategy to do so.”
