Overview

• A drone hit 16 World Food Programme trucks near Mellit as they attempted to deliver food to famine-hit North Darfur.
• The Rapid Support Forces accused the Sudanese army of carrying out the strike, while the army rejected the claim as a fabrication.
• It was the second such incident in roughly three months after a June attack on a WFP–UNICEF convoy near el-Fasher that killed five.
• Reports on the damage diverged, with a UN spokesperson saying all 16 trucks burned while a WFP statement cited at least three on fire.
• Access remains blocked elsewhere, with about 70 trucks awaiting security guarantees in Nyala as UN agencies report nearly 25 million facing acute hunger and almost 13 million displaced.