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Sudanese farmers collect onions on a field during harvest season in southern Omdurman, Sudan, May 16, 2026. (Reuters)

Iran war poses new threat to harvests in hunger-stricken Sudan

  • Sudan is particularly vulnerable to the fallout from the Iran crisis as it relies on the Gulf for more than half of its fertilizer needs
  • War between Sudanese army and the RSF has left it entirely dependent on fuel imports
By Reuters ·
Hundreds of thousands of Sudanese are threatened by mass starvation. (Reuters)

Sudan paramilitary launches two-pronged attack on Kordofan

By AFP ·
A nurse guides a patient through exercises at a military hospital in Juba. (AFP)

Dead on arrival: South Sudan’s devastated health system

By Reuters ·
Sudan war leaves deep psychological scars, fuels silent crisis

Sudan war leaves deep psychological scars, fuels silent crisis

By Asharq Al-Awsat ·
Sudan army chief warns radical group over appeal to fight for Iran

Sudan army chief warns radical group over appeal to fight for Iran

By Ahmed Younes - Asharq Al-Awsat ·
Drone strikes are causing huge suffering in Sudan’s Kordofan region. (Reuters)

RSF drone strike causes blackout in Sudan’s El-Obeid

By Asharq Al-Awsat ·
Local residents tend to their livestock in Pajiek Payam, Ayod County, South Sudan, on July. 21, 2025. (AP)

Villagers massacred in South Sudan food aid trap

By AP ·
3 killed in Kordofan region as drone strike hits aid convoy

3 killed in Kordofan region as drone strike hits aid convoy

By AP - AFP ·
This image grab shows RSF fighters celebrating in the streets of El-Fasher in Sudan’s Darfur. (File/AFP)

US imposes sanctions on commanders of Sudan’s RSF paramilitary group

By Reuters ·
Displaced Sudanese queue to receive humanitarian aid upon their arrival in the capital Khartoum on July 28, 2025. (File/AFP)

EU, UK, Canada denounce possible ‘crimes against humanity’ in Sudan: statement

By AFP ·
Special Award winning Al Arabiya reporter recounts horrors of covering Sudan photos

Award winning Al Arabiya reporter recounts horrors of covering Sudan

By TAREK ALI AHMAD ·
RSF fighters hold weapons and celebrate in the streets of El-Fasher in Sudan's Darfur. (File/AFP)

Sudan Quintet urges ‘those with influence’ to halt weapons flow, deescalate conflict ahead of Ramadan

By Ephrem Kossaify ·
US President Donald Trump speaks at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington DC on Thursday. (Screenshot) video

President Trump says he’s ‘working hard to end’ Sudan war

By Arab News ·

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