Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces has used systematic murder and sexual violence in its war in Sudan, the U.S. government says as it sanctions RSF’s chief, Hemedti.

The United States determined on Tuesday that members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias committed genocide in Sudan and imposed sanctions on the group's leader over a conflict that has killed tens of thousands of people and driven millions from their homes.

The Biden administration says it has determined Sudan's Rapid Support Force rebel group and proxies are committing genocide in the country's civil war.

Tens of thousands of people have been killed in months of fighting that has led to a famine.

Allies of RSF leader Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo accused the US of double standards The US has accused the Sudanese paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) of committing genocide and imposed sanctions on its leader.

The United States has accused Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces and proxy militias of committing genocide in the Northeast African nation's nearly 2-year-old civil war.

The Treasury Department backed the determination of genocide with a raft of sanctions targeting the RSF’s leader, Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo.