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UN says one killed in drone attack on aid convoy in Sudan

Displaced Sudanese wait to receive food at the Abu al-Naga displacement camp in the Gedaref State, some 420km east of the capital Khartoum on February 6, 2026. [AFP]

A drone attack on an aid convoy in Sudan's North Kordofan state killed one person and wounded several others, the UN's humanitarian agency said, with local civilian organisations blaming paramilitaries.

The convoy was headed on Friday to an area near El-Obeid, a city under army control but encircled by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces for a year.

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