KHARTOUM: A drone attack hit an aid truck in Sudan&#39;s North Darfur state, destroying all the supplies on board, the UN refugee agency said on Sunday, without identifying who was responsible.&nbsp;Drone strikes by both the Sudanese army and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), who have been locked in a brutal war since April 2023, have escalated in recent months, often killing dozens at a time.&nbsp;The UNHCR-operated vehicle &quot;came under drone attack&quot; on Friday while transporting emergency shelter kits to Tawila, home to more than 700,000 displaced people who fled fighting elsewhere in the western Darfur region, the agency said.&nbsp;The driver escaped unhurt, but all supplies were destroyed in the resulting fire, it added.&nbsp;UNHCR condemned the attack, warning that it would &quot;leave 1,314 families living in desperate conditions in Tawila without shelter&quot; at a time when humanitarian needs are already overwhelming.&nbsp;More than 127,000 people fled El-Fasher, North Darfur&#39;s capital and the army&#39;s last stronghold in the region, after it fell to paramilitary forces in October, with reports of mass killings, sexual violence, looting, and rape following the takeover.&nbsp;Fighting has since spread to neighbouring Kordofan, now the main theatre of the war, and the southeastern Blue Nile state, raising fears of a longer and increasingly fragmented conflict.&nbsp;According to the UN, nearly 700 civilians have been killed in drone strikes by both sides since January alone.&nbsp;UNHCR voiced &quot;deep concern&quot; over the rising use of drones, calling repeated attacks on humanitarian operations &quot;particularly abhorrent&quot;.&nbsp;According to an assessment by the UN&#39;s Food and Agriculture Organization, 28.9 million people, around 62 percent of Sudan&#39;s population, are facing acute food insecurity.&nbsp;That includes 10.2 million who face severe food insecurity, in particular in the wider Darfur region and South Kordofan state.&nbsp;Famine was declared last year in El-Fasher and Kadugli, the capital of South Kordofan, with 20 other areas at risk in Darfur and Kordofan, a UN-backed assessment found.&nbsp;The conflict has already killed tens of thousands, uprooted over 11 million, and created the world&#39;s largest displacement and hunger crises.

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A drone attack destroyed a UN aid truck in North Darfur, burning all supplies. The driver escaped unharmed, and no group was identified.

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Drone attack hits Sudan aid truck: UN

Drone attack hits Sudan aid truck: UN