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The United Nations says a drone attack on a U.N. convoy set fire to all 16 trucks carrying desperately needed food to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region and destroyed all the vehicles.
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Al Jazeera on MSNDrone attack destroys UN aid convoy in Sudan’s famine-hit Darfur region
The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) accused the Sudanese army of hitting the convoys as part of a drone attack on Mellit market and other areas. The army later said in a statement that this was a fabrication to distract from what it termed the RSF’s crimes.
A drone attack incinerated 16 U.N. food trucks bound for North Darfur, worsening Sudan’s famine crisis as millions face acute hunger.
Sudan's army has denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy taking aid to a famine-hit area in the country's Darfur region. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had blamed the army for Wednesday's air strike in the town of Mellit, which is under RSF control.
Over the last two and a half years, a brutal civil war between the Sudan Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands. Over 14 million Sudanese, more than a quarter of the population,
With the world’s attention focused on crises elsewhere, Sudan’s war-induced famine is growing in what used to be productive farmlands. Staples of the Sudanese diet, such as sorghum and millet, have been unavailable in most markets,
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Khaleej Times on MSNUAE, US, others urge fighting pauses to stop Sudan famine
The United States and other key players including the United Arab Emirates jointly called Wednesday for Sudan's warring sides to agree to pauses in fighting to allow in aid, voicing alarm at worsening hunger.
A coalition of international powers, including the United States, Saudi Arabia, and the United Nations, on Wednesday demanded that Sudan’s warring parties immediately lift all impediments to humanitarian aid,