Sudan: Aid Arrives in Kordofan Amid Rising Concerns Over Drone Attacks. Khartoum, Sudan — United Nations aid trucks have reached areas in Sudan’s Kordofan region, which have been inaccessible to relief efforts for over two years, according to recent statements from the UN.
The delivery of “life-saving “humanitarian supplies comes amidst growing alarm over the escalating drone attacks in the region.
City, Sudan — On Wednesday, the UN announced that its aid trucks had reached Dilling and Kadugli, key locations in central Sudan’s Kordofan region.
The World Food Programme (WFP) transported over 700 metric tons of food commodities to support nearly 70,000 people, including 21,000 mothers and children with specialized nutritious food to prevent malnutrition.
The UN has warned that deadly drone strikes are exacerbating the hunger crisis in Sudan’s Kordofan.
According to regional officials, the attacks are making the situation worse for communities that have been severely cut off from aid. Over 30 countries, including the 28 European Union member states, Canada, New Zealand, and the United Kingdom, have expressed “grave concern “over the recent escalation in drone attacks amid heavy fighting in the Darfur and Kordofan regions.
The countries warned that “intentional attacks “against aid workers and “wilfully impeding “relief supplies “may amount to war crimes.”.
In a separate incident, an alleged Sudanese Armed Forces drone strike killed more than 50 civilians, including at least 28 in a market in Sudari locality, North Kordofan.
The attack has raised further concerns about the protection of civilians and the rules of war. UN human rights chief Volker Turk expressed alarm at the increase in drone attacks in the conflict. “.
These latest killings are yet another reminder of the devastating consequences on civilians of the escalating use of drone warfare in Sudan, “Turk. “
They also perpetuate a pattern that we have seen time and again in this conflict of attacks on civilian objects and infrastructure, including markets, health facilities, and schools, “he added.
The heavy fighting in the Kordofan region is part of a broader conflict between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).
The RSF has been pushing east through the oil and gold — rich Kordofan region in an attempt to seize Sudan’s central corridor, which links the western RSF-held Darfur region to the army-controlled capital, Khartoum. Further details regarding the drone attacks and the situation in Sudan’s Kordofan region are expected to emerge as the situation develops.
*Additional reporting by ImNews | Sources consulted: 5*
