FILE PHOTO: A boy displaced from Sudan's Gezira state due to Rapid Support Forces violence, lies down on a bench with the logo of the International Organization for Migration in New Halfa, Sudan, November 2, 2024. REUTERS/El Tayeb Siddig/File Photo
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. on Tuesday imposed sanctions on a commander of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, accusing him of being involved in human rights abuses in West Darfur, as Washington increases pressure over the war in the African nation.
The U.S. Treasury Department in a statement said Abdel Rahman Juma Barkalla led the RSF's campaign in West Darfur, which the department said was marked by credible claims of serious human rights abuses, including the targeting of civilians, conflict-related sexual violence and ethnically-motivated violence.
