Iran war threatens Sudan's already fragile agricultural sector

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The ongoing Iran-US conflict disrupting key shipping lanes has severe impacts on Sudan's fragile agriculture sector. Sudanese farmers face challenges from increased fuel and fertilizer prices amid a domestic army-RSF paramilitary 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.