A driver working with a United Nations aid operation was killed when aircraft attacked a convoy of trucks in South Kordofan, Sudan, UN News reported on Monday.
The trucks belonged to the World Food Programme, according to Al Jazeera, which said the strike killed the WFP driver. The New Arab and Asharq Al-Awsat also reported that one person died in the attack on the aid vehicles. The Addis Standard carried the same account in its daily brief.
The reports did not identify the driver or say how many trucks were hit, and no party to the conflict was named as responsible in the material available.
The incident adds to the dangers facing humanitarian workers in Sudan, where aid deliveries have repeatedly come under attack during the country's civil war. The WFP runs one of the largest relief operations in the country, moving food and supplies by road to areas cut off by fighting.
Details of the strike remain limited, and no full account of the attack has been published by the agencies involved.
What to watch next: whether the WFP or the UN issues a fuller statement identifying the convoy's route and destination, and whether any party is held responsible for the attack.
