Rhino: Agencies – Three employees working for the World Food Program (WFP) were killed in a bombing by Sudanese army planes targeting the program’s headquarters in the “Yabus” area in southern Blue Nile on Thursday evening, December 19th. Current.
The director of the WFP office, a Kenyan national, was killed in the incident, in addition to two other national employees, one from the Nuba Mountains region, and the other from the region, who worked as a guard at the headquarters.
In December 2023, a Red Cross convoy was attacked by Sudanese army fire, resulting in deaths and injuries among the international mission’s staff during a civilian evacuation operation, despite a prior agreement on security arrangements between the Red Cross and the warring parties.
According to international humanitarian law and the Geneva Conventions, especially Additional Protocols I and II, it is a war crime to target international personnel, including UN and humanitarian agency staff.
Army aviation has bombed numerous civilian areas under RSF control, killing hundreds of civilians, including women and children, using barrel bombs, rockets, and drones. The army insists that it is targeting the RSF, while pro-army journalists and activists are active on social media calling for targeting what they describe as “RSF incubators” or the ethnic groups to which the majority of RSF members belong.
