Five people have been killed and several more injured after an attack on an aid convoy in the Sudanese region of North Darfur.

The number of dead was revealed in a statement from the World Food Programme (WFP) and UNICEF on Tuesday.

Earlier, it was reported that a UN convoy delivering food to El Fasher, North Darfur came under attack overnight, with initial reports indicating there had been "multiple casualties".

According to the joint statement, the convoy of 15 trucks had travelled 1,120 miles from Port Sudan - and was trying to negotiate access to El Fasher when it was targeted on Monday night.

"Multiple trucks were burned and critical humanitarian supplies were damaged," in addition to the deaths and injuries, the statement said.

Aid deliveries have regularly been caught in th

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