US envoy visits Chad border with Sudan, vows to respond to atrocities

FILE PHOTO: U.S. Ambassador to the United Nations Linda Thomas-Greenfield addresses a U.N. Security Council meeting at the U.N. headquarters in New York City, U.S., July 17, 2023. REUTERS/Brendan McDermid/File Photo

ADRE, Chad (Reuters) -The U.S. envoy to the United Nations met Sudanese refugees fleeing ethnic and sexual violence on Wednesday and said the United States would "do everything in our power to prevent and respond to mass atrocities" in Sudan's war.

On a visit to the town of Adre in Chad on the border with Sudan, Linda Thomas-Greenfield, a member of President Joe Biden's cabinet, announced high-profile new sanctions targeting the deputy leader of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) - and brother of the RSF commander - over human rights abuses.