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CAIRO, Egypt (AP) - A dramatic increase in attacks on aid convoys in Darfur is hampering the world's largest humanitarian operation, and some 170,000 people are now out of reach of food aid because of the violence, the United Nations' World Food Programme said Wednesday.
Nine food convoys have been ambushed by gunmen across the war-torn region of western Sudan over the last two weeks alone, the WFP said in a statement.
The U.N. food agency condemned the "dramatic escalation in attacks on humanitarian staff and food convoys." It said the violence was endangering the WFP's ability to deliver assistance to millions of hungry people.
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