Overview

• United Nations officials said a drone strike on August 20 near Mellit set fire to all 16 World Food Programme trucks carrying food to famine-hit North Darfur, with all drivers and staff reported safe.
• The Rapid Support Forces accused the Sudanese army of carrying out the strike, while the army denied the claim, and the UN said responsibility remains unclear.
• The UN human rights office reported at least 89 civilians killed by RSF attacks in El‑Fasher and the Abu Shouk camp between August 11 and 20, including 16 apparent summary executions.
• Roughly 70 additional trucks loaded with aid are stalled in the RSF-controlled city of Nyala awaiting security guarantees to reach the besieged provincial capital.
• The convoy strike was the second attack in three months on UN relief bound for North Darfur, after a June assault that killed five people, as Sudan’s war drives extreme hunger, mass displacement and a nationwide cholera outbreak.