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Sudan\u2019s Rapid Support Forces<\/a> (RSF) have launched a series of drone attacks targeting humanitarian aid convoys and fuel trucks across North Kordofan<\/a>, killing at least one person and wounding several others, officials and medical organisations said.<\/p>\n The North Kordofan state government condemned Friday\u2019s 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\u2019s leadership.<\/p>\n The attacks occurred along the key road connecting the state capital, el-Obeid<\/a>, with Kosti in neighbouring White Nile state.<\/p>\n Fighting between the government-aligned Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the RSF has intensified across the Kordofan region since October 2025 after el-Fasher fell to the RSF, where the group committed atrocities \u2013 a \u201ccrime scene\u201d<\/a> according to the UN.<\/p>\n According to the UN Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs (OCHA), the first strike at dawn hit three trucks in Er-Rahad.<\/p>\n A second attack followed in the Allah Kareem area near Es Samih, damaging four vehicles, including trucks carrying UN relief supplies.<\/p>\n In Um Rawaba, three drones struck a transport truck and a fuel tanker, causing additional civilian casualties. The WFP has not yet issued an official statement.<\/p>\n The Sudan Doctors Network said the convoy was delivering assistance to displaced communities in el-Obeid when it came under attack, describing the incident as a \u201cblatant violation of international humanitarian law\u201d and a war crime.<\/p>\n The group called for an independent investigation and stronger international measures to protect humanitarian workers and infrastructure.<\/p>\n Washington also condemned the incident. \u201cThe United States condemns the recent drone attack on a World Food Program convoy in North Kordofan transporting food to famine-stricken<\/a> people which killed one and wounded many others,\u201d US Senior Advisor for Arab and African Affairs Massad Boulos wrote on X.<\/p>\n \u201cDestroying food intended for people in need and killing humanitarian workers is sickening,\u201d he wrote.<\/p>\n \u201cThe Trump Administration has zero tolerance for this destruction of life and of U.S.-funded assistance; we demand accountability and extend our condolences to all those affected by these inexcusable events and terrible war,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n UN Resident and Humanitarian Coordinator Denise Brown said the trucks were travelling from Kosti to deliver life-saving food assistance to displaced families near el-Obeid when they were struck.<\/p>\n