Harvest lost as war expands in famine-threatened Sudan

Since Sudan’s war spread to Al-Jazira state south of Khartoum, farmers have watched their livelihoods wither away after fighting between paramilitary forces battling the army wreaked havoc on once-bountiful lands. “For weeks I haven’t been able to reach the wheat I planted in November,” Ahmed al-Amin, 43, told AFP from his farm 20 kilometres (12 […]

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