On April 15, 2023, the Sudanese Army (SAF) and the Fast Support Forces (RSF) released a conflict of unmitigated brutality that has caused the globe’s biggest altruistic catastrophe, leaving 638, 000 Sudanese experiencing the worst starvation in Sudan’s recent background, over 30 million people in need of altruistic assistance, and 10s of thousands dead. In December 2023, I ended that participants of the SAF and the RSF had dedicated battle criminal offenses. I likewise determined that members of the RSF and allied Arab militias had actually dedicated criminal activities against humankind and ethnic cleaning.
The RSF and RSF-aligned militias have actually continued to guide attacks versus civilians. The RSF and allied militias have methodically murdered guys and boys– also infants– on an ethnic basis, and deliberately targeted women and ladies from particular ethnic groups for rape and other kinds of brutal sex-related physical violence. Those exact same militias have actually targeted running away civilians, murdering innocent individuals leaving conflict, and avoided continuing to be civilians from accessing lifesaving products. Based on this details, I have currently wrapped up that members of the RSF and allied militias have dedicated genocide in Sudan.
The USA is devoted to holding answerable those in charge of these atrocities. We are today approving RSF leader Mohammad Hamdan Daglo Mousa, called Hemedti, for his function in systematic wrongs devoted against the Sudanese people. We are also approving 7 RSF-owned business found in the United Arab Emirates and one individual for their roles in procuring tools for the RSF. Additionally, we are today announcing Hemedti’s designation under Section 7031 (c) for his involvement in gross violations of human rights in Darfur, namely the mass rape of civilians by RSF soldiers under his control. As an outcome of this designation, Hemedti and his prompt relative are disqualified for entry to the United States.
Hemedti has wantonly ignored commitments under international altruistic legislation, the 2023 “Jeddah Declaration of Dedication to Secure the Civilians of Sudan,” and the 2024 Standard procedure created by the Progressing Lifesaving and Tranquility in Sudan campaign. This code includes commitments to allow the unblocked passage of humanitarian relief and protect against battle criminal offenses such as sexual violence, which the RSF and aligned militias under Hemedti’s leadership have actually devoted.
Today’s action becomes part of our continued initiatives to promote liability for all warring parties whose activities fuel this problem. The USA does not sustain either side of this war, and these actions versus Hemedti and the RSF do not represent support or support for the SAF. Both belligerents bear obligation for the physical violence and suffering in Sudan and do not have the legitimacy to control a future peaceful Sudan. The United States remains to evaluate additional activities to impose prices on those perpetuating the dispute and wrongs against the Sudanese people. We also continue to sustain the Sudanese individuals in attaining their aspirations for a calm, simply, and comprehensive autonomous future, which is why in December I announced that the United States will offer $ 30 million to sustain Sudanese civil culture actors.
The Division of the Treasury activities were taken according to Exec Order 14098 , “Imposing Sanctions on Certain Persons Destabilizing Sudan and Weakening the Objective of an Autonomous Shift,” as amended. For more details on today’s activity, see Treasury’s news release. The public classification is made according to Section 7031 (c) of the Department of State, Foreign Procedures, and Related Programs Appropriations Act, 2024 (Div. F, P.L. 118 – 47, as continued by the More Continuing Appropriations Act, 2025 (Div. A, P.L. 118 -158