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Sudan was already at war and hungry. Now its farmers are hit by another conflict
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Sudan was already at war and hungry. Now its farmers are hit by another conflict

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OMDURMAN, Sudan (AP) — Two years after Sudan ’s war forced him from his land, Omer al-Hassan returned to rebuild his farm. But now a new conflict in the Middle East threatens to push him deeper into financial loss and food insecurity as fuel and fertilizer prices rise. Al-Hassan and other farmers in Sudan are bracing for an expensive planting season in the weeks ahead. Some told The Associated Press they are reducing production or not planting at all — dangerous news for a country where three years of war have left millions hungry. The Iran war has “affected everything related to agriculture,” al-Hassan said as he and others pulled onions from the ground.…

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