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

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.

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

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