WASHINGTON (AP) — The Biden administration said Tuesday that a Sudanese paramilitary group and its proxies are committing genocide in a civil war with the country’s military that has killed tens of thousands of people, leveling sanctions on the group’s leader and affiliated companies.

The United States determined on Tuesday that members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias committed genocide in Sudan and it 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 U.S. has accused Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) and allied militias of committing genocide and has sanctioned the group's leader, Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo. The conflict, marked by ethnic violence and atrocities,

Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have committed genocide over the course of the more than year-long civil war in Sudan, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken said on Tuesday.

The United States determined on Tuesday that members of Sudan's Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had "committed genocide" and imposed sanctions on the paramilitary group's leader. "The United States is committed to holding accountable those responsible,

The Rapid Support Forces’ violent repression in Sudan’s Darfur region amounts to genocide, Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced Tuesday as the Biden administration unveiled sanctions on the paramilitary group’s leader,

US also sanctions RSF leader for role in 'systematic atrocities' committed against Sudanese people, says secretary of state Blinken - Anadolu Ajansı

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

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.