Sudan airstrike destroys aid trucks

The World Food Programme said on Wednesday that an aerial attack over the weekend destroyed two trucks carrying food aid to Kadugli, the capital of Sudan’s South Kordofan state. The agency said the convoy was transporting more than 50 tonnes of food when it was hit near Dilling, forcing the cancellation of the delivery. The lost cargo was enough to support about 5,800 people for one month, according to WFP. (news.un.org) The strike hit a humanitarian route that aid agencies have already described as increasingly difficult to use because of fighting and damage to infrastructure. ### Where were the trucks going, and what was on them? (dabangasudan.org) Kadugli was the destination for the two WFP trucks destroyed in the attack, the agency said. The food was intended for families in South Kordofan, where humanitarian needs have risen as conflict has spread across the wider Kordofan region. More than 50 tonnes of food were on the vehicles, WFP said, enough for roughly 5,800 people to receive a month of rations. Anadolu, citing WFP, said the trucks were struck near Dilling in South Kordofan. ### What did the United Nations say about the attack? (news.un.org) September 2 was the date of the UN account of the strike. UN News, citing WFP, said the trucks were destroyed in an aerial attack over the weekend. The report did not identify the party responsible. WFP said the destruction of the trucks cancelled the planned delivery to Kadugli. (news.un.org) The agency’s account fits a broader pattern described by UN officials in recent months, with drone and air attacks disrupting civilian movement and aid operations in Sudan. ### How exposed are aid routes in South Kordofan? (news.un.org) June reporting from UN News said two key bridges on the road between Kadugli and Dilling had been destroyed, disrupting civilian travel and humanitarian operations as the rainy season began. UN Deputy Spokesperson Farhan Haq said at the time that aid partners warned there would be no viable alternative routes once seasonal rains intensified. (news.un.org) August reporting from the UN’s aid office said drone strikes were posing deadly risks to civilians and hampering relief efforts in conflict-hit areas of Sudan. That warning came before the latest strike on the WFP trucks and placed South Kordofan within a wider pattern of attacks affecting access routes and humanitarian work. (news.un.org) ### How severe is the wider humanitarian situation around Darfur and Kordofan? More than 200,000 people have been displaced across Sudan’s Kordofan region since the end of 2025, the International Organization for Migration said in a statement reported by Dabanga on August 20. (news.un.org) The report said displacement in Sheikan locality, which includes El Obeid, had risen by 25% over the previous eight months. Dabanga reported on September 2 that about 6,200 children were suffering from malnutrition in Malha in North Darfur. The same report said a cholera outbreak was worsening conditions in Um Jak administrative area and Hamir Um Taqola village in West Kordofan, citing the General Coordination of Displaced Persons and Refugee Camps and the Dar Hamar Emergency Room. (news.un.org) A separate Anadolu report in June, citing FAO, WFP and UNICEF, said 19.5 million people in Sudan were facing acute hunger and that two out of every five people were experiencing crisis levels of food insecurity or worse. (dabangasudan.org) That estimate predates the latest loss of food trucks in South Kordofan. ### What happens next for aid deliveries to Kadugli? Kadugli remains in need of food assistance after the destroyed convoy failed to arrive, according to WFP’s account carried by UN News and Anadolu. Neither report set out a replacement delivery date or said when the route would reopen. (dabangasudan.org) UN agencies and local Sudanese groups are continuing to publish updates on access, displacement and disease in Kordofan and Darfur. The next public indicators are likely to come through WFP statements, UN humanitarian briefings and field reports from groups including Dabanga and the International Organization for Migration. (aa.com.tr) (news.un.org)