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US condemns drone attack on UN food convoy in Sudan
'Humanitarian staff and assets must never be a target,' says senior US State Department advisorYasin Güngör |
07.12.2025 - Update : 07.12.2025
ISTANBUL
The US on Saturday condemned a drone attack on a UN truck carrying food to displaced persons in Sudan's Darfur region.
"The United States condemns the drone attack on a UN World Food Programme (WFP) truck carrying life-saving food to displaced persons in Darfur fleeing atrocities and famine," Massad Boulos, US State Department senior advisor for Arab and African affairs, said on US social media company X.
Boulos noted that this was the sixth attack on WFP aid in Sudan this year.
https://www.aa.com.tr/en/americas/us-condemns-drone-attack-on-un-food-convoy-in-sudan/3764208
UN official says war-torn Darfur, Sudan, is the 'epicenter of suffering'
December 7, 20258:07 AM ET
Heard on Weekend Edition Sunday
NPR's Ayesha Rascoe asks UN Under-Secretary General for Humanitarian Affairs and Emergency Relief Coordinator Tom Fletcher about his recent visit to Sudan.
https://www.npr.org/2025/12/07/nx-s1-5634741/un-official-says-war-torn-darfur-sudan-is-the-epicenter-of-suffering