Burhan’s forces accused of massacre against aid convoy in North Darfur
By : Cornelius Essen, Abuja
Abdel Fattah al-Burhan’s forces committed a new massacre on Monday, this time targeting a United Nations convoy delivering food aid to the Sudanese city of El Fasher in North Darfur.
The incident is part of a series of repeated attacks on humanitarian aid amid crossfire in the ongoing war. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) accused the Port Sudan-based forces of being responsible for the bombing, an accusation supported by local activists.
A statement by UNICEF spokesperson Eva Hinds in Abuja said the random shelling resulted in “a number of casualties,” while the RSF has condemned “the brutal attack carried out by the Sudanese army on Monday evening using an aircraft against a humanitarian convoy belonging to the World Food Programme.”
It also explained that the attack killed four people and injured two others. The town of Kuma, controlled by the RSF, lies approximately 80 kilometres from El Fasher, the capital of North Darfur, which is under Burhan’s control.Recently, Kuma has witnessed another atrocity over the weekend when an airstrike by Burhan’s forces on a civilian market killed at least 89 people.
“The Port Sudan-based forces have escalated their targeting of volunteer and relief work in a country on the brink of famine. They have imposed measures complicating aid efforts and launched arrest campaigns against activists.
“Both United Nations staff and local activists have accused the Port Sudan forces and their allied Islamist militias of being the primary cause of the severe hunger affecting the Sudanese population, as food insecurity levels reach unprecedented highs,” it added.
