In the attacked convoy, there were, among other things, trucks from the UN's food program (WFP) and Unicef. They were in al-Koma waiting for permission to drive to al-Fasher, says Unicef's spokesperson Eva Hinds.
Since the war broke out in Sudan in April 2023, four million people have been forced to flee, according to the UN.
This is a devastating milestone in what is the world's most destructive refugee crisis, says the UN's refugee agency UNHCR's spokesperson Eujin Byun, and warns that the entire regional and global stability is threatened if the war continues at an unchanged pace.