The strike hit the convoy on Saturday as it travelled between two cities controlled by the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in South Kordofan, the UN agency said. The trucks were carrying food aid and were "clearly marked as humanitarian vehicles," the WFP said, without identifying those responsible.
The WFP said it has called for an investigation. "These incidents underscore the increasingly challenging security environment in Sudan and the risks that aid workers face when delivering life-saving assistance to communities in need," the statement reads.
Fighting in the Kordofan region intensified in late 2025, turning the territory into a strategic battleground between the SAF and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). The two have been fighting for control of Sudan in a civil war that has now lasted more than three years.
Since the war began in April 2023, one in five attacks in Sudan has occurred in the Kordofan region. The army has the upper hand in the north, having made a series of recent gains, while the RSF maintains control over much of the west. South Kordofan remains contested.
Both the SAF and RSF have increasingly deployed drones in the war, with attacks on towns in North Kordofan growing more frequent and deadly, and civilian infrastructure coming under attack across the region.
The civil war has forcibly displaced 14 million people, plunging the country into one of the worst modern food crises and killing tens of thousands of people.