Sudan: UN food convoy attacked, supplies looted amid worsening crisis

Unidentified armed men in Sudan on Sunday attacked UN World Food Programme trucks carrying food assistance meant for thousands of civilians in need in central Darfur, the agency reported. Clementine Nkweta-Salami, the top UN humanitarian official for Sudan expressed 'outrage' at the incident.'The aid looted from a WFP convoy in Central Darfur will no longer go to the most vulnerable people in need,' she said in a post on X, formerly Twitter.

The situation is particularly concerning in the Darfur region, which has seen intense fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces .According to UN humanitarians, the lives of 800,000 people 'are hanging in the balance' as fighting rages densely populated areas in the provincial capital El Fasher, causing widespread and long-term harm to civilians and severely disrupting the essential services they depend on.

UN Food Convoy Attacked Supplies Looted Amid Worsening Crisis

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