Iran Conflict Disrupts Sudan's Fragile Agricultural Sector
The ongoing US conflict with Iran is impacting Sudan's agricultural sector by blocking shipping lanes, increasing fuel and fertilizer costs, and disrupting food production amidst an existing civil war.
As the US's conflict with Iran continues to block crucial shipping lanes, Sudanese farmers are warning it is disrupting food production in an already unstable nation. The country is still in the midst of a war between the army and the RSF paramilitary, and fuel and fertilizer price hikes are forcing cutbacks in summer planting. FRANCE 24's Clemence Waller tells us more from the ground.