Chuck Grassley: “Since 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces under the government of that…”

“Since 2023, Sudan has been engulfed in a civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces under the government of that country and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces, it is called. It is termed in the paper and reports regularly--Rapid Support Forces-- as 'RSF.' After an 18-month siege of El Fasher in the Darfur region, RSF forces took control, and the Sudanese Armed Forces retreated. Now, the RSF controls roughly half of the country of Sudan. Following the violent takeover of El Fasher, there have been reports of mass killings, reports of executions, and reports of sexual violence. According to the Humanitarian Research Lab at Yale University, satellite imagery found evidence of mass killings and executions. The Humanitarian Research Lab also alleges war crimes, including the targeting of health facilities, targeting of workers, patients, and even humanitarian aid workers. Through the curse of this conflict, millions have been displaced and tens of thousands have been killed. The United Nations has determined that the conflict in Sudan is one of the worst humanitarian crises in the world. Our own country, the United States, has condemned reports of mass atrocities committed by the RSF in El Fasher. The United States has gone as far as in January 2025 to declare that the RSF and its allied militias are committing genocide in Sudan. The atrocities in Sudan are not just a foreign tragedy. I have been hearing from Sudanese Iowans who have families in Sudan.”