Five aid workers killed in Sudan attack on humanitarian convoy: UN
Five aid workers have been killed and several others wounded in an attack on a convoy delivering aid to western Sudan's besieged city of El-Fasher, the United Nations said Tuesday.
The convoy organized by the World Food Program and UNICEF came under attack on Monday near Al-Koma village in North Darfur state, the U.N. agencies said in a joint statement, adding that "multiple trucks were burned and critical humanitarian supplies were damaged."
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