6 Senators Seek Terror Label for Sudan’s RSF
A bipartisan group of six senators said Oct. 30 that the U.S. should consider designating Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) a Foreign Terrorist Organization or a Specially Designated Global Terrorist following the militia’s mass killing of civilians in the city of El Fasher.
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The group includes Senate Foreign Relations Committee Chairman Jim Risch, R-Idaho, and ranking member Jeanne Shaheen, D-N.H., as well as Senate Banking Committee Chairman Tim Scott, R-S.C. The other lawmakers are Sens. Cory Booker, D-N.J.; Chris Coons, D-Del.; and Todd Young, R-Ind. The joint statement came two days after Risch called for labeling the RSF an FTO (see 2510280047).
Asked to comment on the matter, a White House official didn’t address potential terrorism labels but urged the warring parties to protect civilians and negotiate a peace deal.