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JOHANNESBURG, SOUTH AFRICA – The Biden administration was blasted by the incoming chairman of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee, Sen. Jim Risch, R-Idaho, for “waiting” until the outgoing president had just 13 days left before announcing rebel action in Sudan, a country separated into parts. for 21 months of brutal war, to be “genocide”.
Earlier this week, Secretary of State Anthony Blinken said members of the Sudanese rebel group, the Rapid Support Force, or RSF, “committed genocide in Sudan.”
In a statement, Blinken said: “The United States is committed to bringing those responsible for these atrocities to justice. We are imposing sanctions on the leader of the RSF, Mohammad Hamdan Dagl Musa, known as Hemedti, for his role in the systematic atrocities committed against the Sudanese people.”
BIDEN-HARRIS ADMINISTRATION ACCUSED OF ‘TOO LITTLE, TOO LATE’ TO SAVE WAR AND FAMINE PEOPLE OF SUDAN
U.S. President Joe Biden speaks with Secretary of State Anthony Blinken, right, during a trilateral meeting with Japanese Prime Minister Fumio Kishida and Philippine President Ferdinand Marcos in the East Room of the White House on April 11, 2024. in Washington, DC. the three countries are meeting for the first-ever trilateral summit in a show of solidarity as China’s assertiveness in the South China Sea has raised tensions in the region. (Photo by Andrew Harnick/Getty Images.)
Blinken issued his rulings, he said, because “the RSF and RSF militias continued to attack civilians, systematically kill men and boys — even infants — on ethnic grounds, and (were) deliberately targeting women and girls from certain ethnic groups for rape and other forms of violent sexual violence.”
The secretary continued: “The same militias have targeted fleeing civilians, killing innocent people fleeing the conflict and preventing other civilians from accessing life-saving supplies.”
Blinken added that African nation is suffering through “a conflict of unrelenting brutality that has led to the world’s worst humanitarian disaster, with 638,000 Sudanese suffering the worst famine in Sudan’s recent history, more than 30 million people in need of humanitarian assistance and tens of thousands dead.”
Risch said the situation in Sudan has been catastrophic for more than a year and questioned the timing of Blinken’s statement. In a statement earlier this week, he wrote: “Almost a year has passed since I introduced a resolution calling the atrocities in Sudan what they are: genocide. In addition, I first called for global Magnitsky sanctions against RSF and Hemedti 263 days ago – and yet these sanctions have not been used until now.”
Fighters from the Sudan Liberation Movement, a Sudanese rebel group that operates in Sudan’s Darfur state and supports army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, at a graduation ceremony in the southeastern state of Gedaref on March 28, 2024. (Photo by AFP via Getty Images.)
Risch spoke to Fox News Digital, saying, “The Biden administration waited until it had less than two weeks to impose sanctions on companies associated with RSF. and Hemedti for their crimes and call the atrocities in Sudan genocide.’
Risch said: “This neglect to resolve the crisis in Sudan weakened America’s influence in the region and the world years ago. Had the Biden administration backed up its rhetoric with action, Sudan would be in a better position today, more lives would be saved, and the Foreign proxies who are escalating this conflict would be kept at bay.”
Risch added: “This war must end. Further instability in Sudan will only breed terrorism and regional upheavals that threaten global security. The U.S. and our allies must strive to end the killings and atrocities, end malicious proxies, manage migratory pressures and mass movements, and protect strategic interests such as the Red Sea Corridor.”
UAE AND OTHER COUNTRIES REMOVED FROM INTERNATIONAL MONEY LAUNDERING LIST
People board a truck as they leave Khartoum, Sudan, on June 19, 2023. On Friday, February 23, 2024, the UN human rights office said scores of people, including children, have been raped and other forms of sexual violence in Sudan’s ongoing conflict, attacks that could amount to war crimes. (AP Photo, File)
Blinken announced the new sanctions in a statement, saying: “We are also imposing sanctions on seven RSF-owned companies located in United Arab Emirates (UAE) and one individual for their role in the procurement of weapons for the RSF.’
The Ministry of Finance also sent a statement, almost simultaneously with the State, saying that “the RSF’s ability to acquire military equipment and obtain financing continues to fuel the conflict in Sudan.” The Treasury said one particular company in the UAE, owned by a Sudanese national, “provided money and weapons to the RSF”.
Other UAE companies sanctioned last week have been charged Treasury Department processing financial transactions, being “an integral part of RSF’s efforts to fund its operations” and importing IT and security equipment.
One UAE gold mining company was sanctioned for allegedly “purchasing gold in Sudan, allegedly for the benefit of the RSF, and subsequently transporting it to Dubai.” In addition, Treasury alleged that “RSF procurement director and RSF leader Hemedti’s brother had access to a (gold company) bank account in the UAE that held millions of dollars.”
Women from El Geneina, West Darfur, cry after receiving news of their missing relatives in Ardamat as they wait for them in Adre, Chad, November 7, 2023. Ardamata was the latest site of ethnic cleansing carried out by the RSF and allied Arab militias against the ethnic Masalite African tribe. (Reuters/El Tayeb Siddig.)
“The United States continues to call for an end to this conflict that endangers the lives of innocent citizens,” said Deputy Treasury Secretary Wally Adeyema. “The Ministry of Finance remains committed to using all available tools to bring to justice those responsible for the human rights abuses of the Sudanese people.”
In response to Fox News Digital’s questions related to companies registered in the UAE, an official from the Foreign Ministry opened the answer by saying. “The UAE’s primary focus in Sudan remains on resolving the catastrophic humanitarian crisis. We continue to call for an immediate ceasefire and a peaceful resolution to this man-made conflict. In this regard, the UAE has already made it absolutely clear that it is not providing any support or supplies to either of the two warring parties in Sudan.”
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The official continued: “The UAE takes its role in protecting the integrity of the international financial system very seriously. We remain committed to fighting financial crime around the world, strengthening international cooperation and developing strategies to address emerging risks.”
