Aid trucks carrying food and medical supplies reached the Jebel Awliya area in Sudan this week for the first time since the country's civil war began in 2023, local volunteers said. The area, south of the capital Khartoum,

The ongoing conflict has exacerbated Sudan’s humanitarian crisis, with more than 24.6 million people — nearly half the population — suffering from acute food insecurity, according to the WFP

Civilians in the paramilitary RSF held capital of Sudan received their first aid convoy since the war began 20 months ago, volunteers said.

After 20 months of war, and three months of negotiations with the warring sides, a bit of relief arrives for some of the hundreds of thousands of people facing famine.

In a breakthrough, trucks stacked with vital food supplies roll into war-hit Khartoum.

Yesterday, Khartoum received its first humanitarian aid convoy since the war began on April 15, 2023, marking a major milestone in relief efforts for the conflict-stricken capital.

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Trucks carrying vital food and medical aid reached Sudan’s RSF-controlled south Khartoum on Thursday, activists said. This marked the first humanitarian delivery to the area since fighting broke out between the army and the paramilitary force earlier last year.

The UNICEF aid is the first international aid delivery since the civil war began in 2023. Video credit: Khartoum State Emergency Response Room

The country is in the grip of the world’s worst hunger crisis but security threats have hampered the delivery of aid.