Sudan Civil War

UN food programme says an airstrike hit two aid trucks in South Kordofan, killing a driver

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ASSESSMENT
Location
South Kordofan, Sudan (state reference; reported Dilling–Kadugli road strike site unknown)
Actors
Sudanese Armed Forces
Importance
Standard

Sudan Tribune reports that on Sunday 4 October 2026 the UN World Food Programme said an airstrike hit two of its contracted food trucks travelling from Dalanj to Kadugli in South Kordofan state, killing one driver. The trucks carried clear markings indicating humanitarian vehicles. The programme called it the ninth such attack on its operations this year, the previous bombing having struck two trucks near Dalanj on 30 August and destroyed 50 tonnes of food aid. Additional details, including the size of the damage to the food shipment, were still being gathered, and the programme did not attribute the attack. The WFP said relief convoys face continued attacks, with 33.7 million people, including 17.3 million children, needing humanitarian assistance this year, and warned that 825,000 children were suffering severe acute malnutrition. It called for a prompt and impartial investigation and said the attack came a day after one of its trucks hit an explosive device near Dalanj after delivering food aid.

Why it matters

The UN World Food Programme reported that an airstrike struck two of its contracted food trucks in South Kordofan, killing a driver, its ninth such attack this year.

Open image · Image attached to Sudan Tribune Arabic's post about the World Food Programme statement; it illustrates the same report and was not verified as showing the strike site. · Credit: Sudan Tribune Arabic (@SudanTribune_AR) · Verification: unverified

  • Fatalities: Best 1 people · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: مقتل سائق في هجوم جوي على شاحنتي إغاثة بجنوب كردفان · One driver killed, in the World Food Programme's account as reported by Sudan Tribune.
  • Humanitarian: Best 50 tonnes of food aid · Confidence: Probable · Evidence: مقتل سائق في هجوم جوي على شاحنتي إغاثة بجنوب كردفان · 50 tonnes of food aid destroyed in the previous 30 August bombing near Dalanj, in the same WFP statement.

Verification: Probable

Evidence: مقتل سائق في هجوم جوي على شاحنتي إغاثة بجنوب كردفان, مقتل سائق في هجوم جوي على شاحنتي إغاثة بجنوب كردفان

Sudan Tribune reports a World Food Programme statement. The programme did not attribute the strike, no exact site is given, and the damage to the food shipment was still being gathered.