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US declares warring factions in Sudan have committed war crimes

Families escaping Ardamata in West Darfur cross into Adre, Chad, after a wave of ethnic violence [File: El Tayeb Siddig/Reuters]

The United States has determined that warring factions in Sudan have committed war crimes, Secretary of State Antony Blinken has said, as Washington increases pressure on the army (SAF) and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to end fighting that has caused a humanitarian crisis.

The US also found that the RSF and their allied militias committed crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing, Blinken said in a statement on Wednesday.

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