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Asharq Al-Awsat
Asharq Al-Awsat
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Asharq Al-Awsat

Ukraine War’s Impact on Wheat Threatens Hunger in Sudan, Says Aid Group

David Wright, chief operating officer for charity Save the Children International, during an interview with AFP in Sudan's capital Khartoum. (AFP)

More than 80 percent of Sudan's wheat imports are at risk after Russia's invasion of Ukraine, an aid group warns, exacerbating economic and humanitarian crises that deepened after last year's military takeover.

Fighting and sanctions have disrupted grain shipments from Russia and Ukraine, which between them account for nearly 30 percent of global wheat exports, threatening hunger and social upheaval in many countries.

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