Overview

• A 15-truck convoy journeying 1,120 miles from Port Sudan was struck near Al Koma in North Darfur on Monday night while awaiting clearance to enter El Fasher.
• Five aid workers were killed and several injured as multiple trucks were burned and critical food and medical supplies were destroyed.
• The Rapid Support Forces and the Sudanese army have each blamed the other for the assault, with RSF accusing the army of an airstrike and the military alleging RSF militants torched the convoy.
• El Fasher remains besieged by RSF forces, leaving hundreds of thousands of residents at high risk of malnutrition and potential famine without fresh deliveries.
• The World Food Programme and UNICEF have condemned the attack, called for an urgent investigation and urged all parties to respect international humanitarian law to safeguard relief operations.