CAIRO

Egypt on Sunday denounced recent attacks on aid convoys in Sudan as “a grave violation of international humanitarian law.”

In a statement, the Egyptian Foreign Ministry said the attacks on aid convoys, for which the Sudanese government blamed the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), represent “a dangerous continuation of targeting humanitarian corridors and obstructing relief efforts.”

The attacks constitute “a grave violation of international humanitarian law, which guarantees the protection of civilians and health facilities,” it added.

The ministry warned that a repeat of these attacks “causes to deepening the unprecedented humanitarian catastrophe facing Sudan, amid rising displacement rates and worsening food insecurity.”

It stressed the need for “unimpeded access for humanitarian aid to reach the brotherly Sudanese people, in a way that helps alleviate their suffering and creates the necessary conditions to halt escalation and restore stability.”

On Saturday, the Sudanese government accused the RSF of carrying out a drone attack targeting a World Food Program aid convoy in North Kordofan, resulting in casualties and the destruction of relief supplies.

Also on Saturday, Sudanese authorities said 24 civilians were killed and others injured, including women, children and the elderly, after in an RSF attack on a vehicle carrying displaced people in the city of Al-Rahad in North Kordofan.

Of Sudan’s 18 states, the RSF controls all five states in the western Darfur region, except for parts of North Darfur that remain under army control. The army holds most areas of the remaining 13 states across the south, north, east and center of the country, including the capital, Khartoum.

The conflict between the Sudanese army and the RSF, which erupted in April 2023, has killed thousands of people and displaced millions.

*Writing by Rania Abushamala in Istanbul