5 humanitarian workers killed in Sudan after attack on aid convoy

5 of us possess been killed in an attack on a humanitarian aid convoy in Sudan, the United Nations confirmed on Tuesday.

The attack took station on Monday night, reach town of El Koma in North Darfur province, as the convoy used to be trying to reach El Fasher metropolis.

Speaking to journalists on Tuesday, Stephane Dujarric, the spokesperson for UN Secretary-Commonplace Antonio Guterres, described the incident as a “horrendous act of violence.”

“This joint WFP-UNICEF convoy was made up of 15 trucks, and it had traveled over 1,800 kilometers from Port Sudan. And they were carrying nutrition supplies and food,” Dujarric informed journalists during a briefing at UN headquarters in New York.

“The agencies were negotiating access to complete the journey to El Fasher when it was attacked. The route that the convoy it was going to take was shared in advance with the parties on the ground who were notified and aware of the location of the trucks. Multiple of our trucks were burnt in the attack and critical humanitarian supplies were damaged. This is devastating that the supplies have not reached the civilians in need. This was the first UN humanitarian convoy that was going to make it to El Fasher in over one year.”

The UN has no longer said who used to be responsible. Sudan’s warring events are trading blame.

Sudan used to be plunged into a civil battle better than two years in the past, when tensions between the military and rival paramilitaries exploded with avenue battles across the country. The battle, which has displaced millions of of us, has been marked by atrocities, including mass rape and ethnically motivated violence, specifically in the western region of Darfur.