Sudan: Sanctions Against Commanders Implicated in Sudan Rapes ‘Seek Accountability’, Says UK Minister

Geneva — UK Development Minister Kirsty McNeill says that sanctions her government has announced against military commanders suspected of atrocities, including conflict-related sexual violence, during the fall of El Fasher in western Sudan are aimed at seeking accountability.

McNeill spoke to journalists at a Nov. 4 press conference in Geneva, where she said that one year after the fall of El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur State, the UK had last week brought forward a new package of action…