The United States and the African Union, as well as the United Nations, have condemned a deadly attack that killed UN aid workers on Tuesday.
In a joint statement from the Advancing Lifesaving and Peace in Sudan (ALPS) group members, including the governments of the US, Switzerland, Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates, Egypt, the AU, and the UN, the countries termed the attack a "serious violation of international humanitarian law".
According to the World Food Programme (WFP), at least five aid workers were killed in the ambush on Tuesday while delivering aid to civilians facing starvation in the war-torn Darfur city of el-Fasher.
According to the WFP, the 15-truck convoy was transporting critical humanitarian supplies from Port Sudan to North Darfur when it was attacked overnight in Al Koma, western Sudan, which has been besieged by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) for more than a year.
