In a statement, U.S. Secretary of State Anthony Blinken charged that the rebel group in the Sudan has committed genocide and that there would be sanctions against its leader and associated businesses.
The civil war taking place in Sudan has been going on for over a year - in this article, we examine the causes of the conflict and the devastation it has caused, with violence reaching the levels of genocide in the western Darfur region.
For nearly 30 years, Omar al-Bashir lorded over the African nation of Sudan while also amassing a record of being a wanted war criminal. A military coup amid protests calling for al-Bashir’s ouster has proven successful and the country is currently going under a careful political transformation.
A Sudan judge has no tolerance for a local woman’s decision of apostasy, in this instance, converting to Christianity, and has ordered her to be executed by hanging. To make matters worse, she happens to be pregnant.