U.S. officials on Friday stated that, on two separate occasions, Sudan’s military has used chemical weapons against the paramilitary group it is battling for control of the country, Times reports.
The military used the weapons against members of the Rapid Support Forces in remote areas, but officials worry the weapons could soon be used in the capital, Khartoum.
The U.S. is preparing to announce sanctions against the head of Sudan’s military for documented atrocities by his troops, including the indiscriminate bombing of civilians and the use of starvation as a weapon of war.
The war has created what is by many measures the world’s worst humanitarian crisis, with up to 150,000 people killed, more than 11 million displaced and now the world’s worst famine in decades.
