Drone attack on Sudan aid convoy kills one: UN agency
The Hindu
A drone strike on a Sudan aid convoy killed one and injured several, raising humanitarian concerns amid ongoing conflict.
A drone attack on an aid convoy in Sudan's North Kordofan state killed one person and wounded several others, the UN's humanitarian agency said, with local civilian organisations blaming paramilitaries.
The convoy was headed on Friday (February 6, 2026) to an area near El-Obeid, a city under Army control but encircled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for a year.
The Army and the RSF have been at war since April 2023, with the conflict killing tens of thousands of people, displacing millions more and triggering one of the world's worst humanitarian crises.
The UN Humanitarian Coordinator in Sudan, Denise Brown, said she came across the aftermath of the strike, including burning aid trucks, after visiting El-Obeid.
She said she was "deeply concerned" by the attack and called for the protection of humanitarian personnel, assets and supplies.
Emergency Lawyers, an independent organisation documenting war crimes in Sudan, also said the convoy, contracted by the World Food Programme, had been attacked, and accused the RSF of carrying out the strike.
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