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U.S. says Sudanese rebel force committed genocide. The Biden administration said Jan. 7 it has determined Sudan’s Rapid Support Force (RSF) rebel group and proxies are committing genocide in the country’s civil war. The administration said it has also imposed sanctions on the Sudanese group’s leaders. The RSF and RSF-aligned militias have directed attacks against civilians, Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. Sudan’s civil war began in April 2023, when the RSF and Sudan’s military began fighting each other. The conflict in Sudan is considered the world’s biggest ongoing humanitarian catastrophe.

To the people of Sudan: We see you

War shut down Sudan’s universities. But its students refused to give up.