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Calls for sanctions against Sudan amid genocide warnings in Darfur

Calls for sanctions against Sudan amid genocide warnings in Darfur

British MPs have been warned of ‘systematic ethnic cleansing’ at the hands of paramilitary forces

British MPs have been warned of the possibility of genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan and urged to put pressure on the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) paramilitary group, which has been accused of murder and arson attacks on minority groups in the area.

While the RSF has been fighting the Sudanese army for control of the country in the capital, Khartoum, it has been accused of waging a separate war in Darfur where the Janjaweed militias, from which the RSF was formed, were accused of genocide almost 20 years ago.

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