Sudan’s army has denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy taking aid to a famine-hit Darfur region. The convoy was delivering food to people in urgent need. At least three of the trucks caught fire, according to a WFP statement. It was not yet clear who was responsible for Wednesday’s attack, the second in the past three months.
KHARTOUM AUGUST 22: 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. A UN agency said a drone hit the convoy, and three lorries in the 16-vehicle convoy caught fire and were destroyed. All staff travelling in the convoy were safe, it added.
The United Nations has strongly condemned the deadly attack on a aid convoy in Sudan. The convoy, which was delivering food to people in urgent need, came under fire in a violation of international humanitarian law. UN spokesperson Daniela Gross told reporters on Thursday that all drivers and personnel travelling with the World Food Programme (WFP) convoy were safe.
At least three of the trucks caught fire, according to a WFP statement. It was not yet clear who was responsible for Wednesday’s attack, the second in the past three months.
The terrorist oranisation Rapid Support Forces 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.
The army statement accused the RSF of committing “continuous violations” since the start of the conflict, including looting, killing, rape, and forcibly displacing civilians. It further alleged that the militia had turned camps for displaced people into training grounds with the help of foreign mercenaries.
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