UN, US Condemn RSF Drone Strikes on Aid Deliveries in Famine — Hit Sudan. El-Obeid, Sudan — Sudan’s Rapid Support Forces (RSF) have conducted a series of drone strikes on humanitarian aid convoys and fuel trucks in North Kordofan, resulting in at least one fatality and several injuries, according to officials and medical organizations.
The United Nations and the United States have both condemned the attacks, with the UN suggesting they may constitute war crimes.
The North Kordofan state government condemned Friday’s strikes on a convoy linked to the World Food Programme (WFP), urging the international community and United Nations bodies to impose sanctions on the RSF paramilitary group’s leadership.
The attacks occurred along the key road connecting the state capital, el — Obeid, with Kosti in neighboring White Nile state.
The UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA) reported that the first strike hit three trucks in Er-Rahad, followed by another attack in the Allah Kareem area near Es Samih, damaging four vehicles carrying UN relief supplies.
In Um Rawaba, three drones struck a transport truck and a fuel tanker, causing additional civilian casualties.
The Sudan Doctors’ Network described the incident as a “blatant violation of international humanitarian law” and a war crime, calling for an independent investigation and stronger international measures to protect humanitarian workers and infrastructure.
The United States also condemned the incident, with US Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos writing on X, “The United States condemns the recent drone attack on a World Food Program convoy in North Kordofan transporting food to famine-stricken people which killed one and wounded many others.
Destroying food intended for people in need and killing humanitarian workers is sickening. ” UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown noted that the trucks were traveling from Kosti to deliver life-saving food assistance to displaced families near el-Obeid when they were struck.
She also mentioned another drone strike earlier in the week on a WFP — related facility in Yabus, Blue Nile state, which injured an employee.
The conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, now approaching its third year, has killed tens of thousands of people, displaced nearly 11 million, and pushed multiple regions into famine conditions. UN estimates indicate that more than 21 million Sudanese face acute food insecurity, with two-thirds of the population requiring urgent humanitarian assistance. Further details are expected as the situation unfolds.
*Additional reporting by ImNews | Sources consulted: 4*
