Why the strait’s disruption is already driving hunger far beyond the Gulf Last updated: April 26, 2026 | 05:03 A container ship is seen in the Strait of Hormuz off the coast of Qeshm Island, Iran, Saturday, April 18, 2026. AP The global conversation about the Strait of Hormuz has centred, understandably, on oil prices and geopolitical brinkmanship. Brent crude has surged past $127 a barrel. Major shipping firms have suspended operations. Defence analysts continue to debate naval corridors and mine-clearing timelines. All of this matters. Yet it obscures a slower, quieter crisis already unfolding in countries far from the Gulf, in places where families were skipping meals long before a single missile was fired. The closure of the Strait of Hormuz is not only an energy shock.…