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New famine risk haunts war-torn Sudan with El Niño-driven drought

Straits Times23 October 2026, 08:07 UTCSudan

NORTH KORDOFAN, Sudan, Oct 23 - Across Sudan, farmers who have struggled to harvest their crops since a civil war flared in 2023 are now battling a new enemy that could plunge the nation back into famine: the weather.

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