Five deaths in attack on UN-Hilfsvoi in Sudan

Five deaths in attack on UN-Hilfsvoi in Sudan

A attack on a United Nations Convoy who delivered food in Sudan, demanded five lives at night and prevented the delivery of food to children and families in al-fashir, Nord-Darfur, who are hungry. This reported UN agencies on Tuesday.

Details on the attack

"Five members of the convoy were killed, several other people suffered injuries. Several trucks were set on fire and important humanitarian aid goods were damaged," said the UN Children's Aid Organization and the World Food Program in a joint explanation.

urgent need for action

The UN information did not contain any information about who was responsible for the attack. They called for an urgent examination of the attack, which is regarded as a violation of international humanitarian law. Without fresh deliveries, hundreds of thousands of people in al-fashir are "highly at risk of malnutrition and hunger," said the joint explanation of the UN.

crisis situation in the region

Humanitarian aid had often been under fire in the past two years, since the conflict between the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) raged. This conflict has led to more than half of the population suffering from hunger in crisis and millions were driven out of their houses.

changing blame

In various explanations, the RSF and the army were blamed for the latest attack. The RSF claimed that the army had carried out an air raid while the army reported that the RSF had set fire to the truck.

important information about the route

Reuters could not review the contradictory reports independently. In the joint explanation of the UN it is pointed out that the route of the 15-truck convoy, who traveled over 1,800 kilometers from Port Sudan, was shared in advance with the parties involved. While negotiations on the access to the continuation of the trip were given, the attack occurred.

restrictions from military control

al Koma is under control of the RSF, and according to local activists, a drone attack occurred at the beginning of this week, in which several civilians were killed. In Al-Fashir, the capital of Nord-Darfur, famine was previously reported. The battles and the barriers built by both sides have interrupted access to vital goods.

growing attacks on humanitarian aid

The attack is the youngest of several attacks on humanitarian aid in the past few days. He follows the repeated shelling of UN-WELT-NUTUNGE program institutions in al-fashir by the RSF and an attack on the hospital in El Obeid in North-Kordofan, in which several doctors were killed at the end of the last month.