The World Food Program says a drone attack on a 16-truck U.N. convoy carrying food aid to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region destroyed three vehicles that had caught fire.

With the world’s attention focused on crises elsewhere, Sudan’s war-induced famine is growing in what used to be productive farmlands. Staples of the Sudanese diet, such as sorghum and millet, have been unavailable in most markets,

Over the last two and a half years, a brutal civil war between the Sudan Armed Forces and paramilitary Rapid Support Forces has killed tens of thousands. Over 14 million Sudanese, more than a quarter of the population,

Sudan's army has denied bombing a World Food Programme (WFP) convoy taking aid to a famine-hit area in the country's Darfur region. The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) had blamed the army for Wednesday's air strike in the town of Mellit, which is under RSF control.

The world's leading authority on food crises says the Gaza Strip’s largest city is gripped by famine, and that it is likely to spread without an immediate ceasefire and an end to restrictions on humanitarian aid.

The paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) accused the Sudanese army of hitting the convoys as part of a drone attack on Mellit market and other areas. The army later said in a statement that this was a fabrication to distract from what it termed the RSF’s crimes.

A DRONE attack on a United Nations convoy set fire to all 16 lorries carrying desperately needed food aid to Sudan’s famine-hit North Darfur region, destroying all the vehicles.UN associate spokesperson Daniela Gross told reporters on Thursday that all drivers and personnel travelling with the World Food Programme convoy were safe.

The United States and other key players including the United Arab Emirates jointly called Wednesday for Sudan's warring sides to agree to pauses in fighting to allow in aid, voicing alarm at worsening hunger.