by Frank Wolf In 2004, I traveled to Darfur, the western region of Sudan, with then-Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) and my chief of staff, Dan Scandling. We came back to the U.S. and shared what we had seen. Later that year, the Secretary of State, Colin Powell, rightly identified the crimes occurring in Darfur as genocide. What we witnessed was terrible, but what is happening now in most of Sudan is much worse. In 2021, the Sudan Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces staged a coup and overthrew a civilian-led transitional government achieved through peaceful protests by millions of Sudanese. In 2023, the two militaries turned on each other and the people of Sudan for control of the country and its resources. Tens of thousands have died from violent conflict. Rape and starvation are used as weapons of war. Millions have been displaced from their homes, and basic services no longer exist in most of the country. The State Department has declared that crimes against humanity and ethnic cleansing are occurring and has now determined that the Rapid Support Forces has committed genocide. The IPC Global Famine Review Committee identifies famine in five areas of Sudan, and it projects …

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