A Sudanese court has sentenced the leader of the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo, to death for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide over atrocities committed in the West Darfur region.
The court in Port Sudan, an area under the control of the army, convicted Dagalo, known as Hemedti, in absentia, along with 15 other senior RSF members, who were given the same sentence.
The RSF has not commented on the verdict, but previously rejected accusations of war crimes during the conflict.
The court also found the 16 defendants guilty of orchestrating attacks on civilians, widespread destruction and looting of property, and the targeting of schools, places of worship, and residential neighbourhoods.
–ChannelAfrica–
