The United States imposed sanctions Wednesday on Sudanese paramilitary commander Abdel-Rahim Hamdan Dagalo for acts of violence and human rights abuses committed by his troops in their monthslong conflict with Sudan’s army.
The U.S. Treasury said in a statement that it had sanctioned Abdel-Rahim—a senior military commander and brother of Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, who is the head of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces—accusing him of leading a group of soldiers responsible for “the massacre of civilians, ethnic killings, and use of sexual violence.”
Sudan plunged into chaos almost five months ago when long-simmering tensions between the military—led by Gen. Abdel Fattah Burhan—and the RSF escalated into open warfare.
Blinken said forces led by Juma were likewise responsible for rights abuses, including the kidnapping and murder of the former governor of West Darfur province, Khamis Abdalla Abkar, and his brother, in June.
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