At a major crop market in el-Obeid, fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces has cut arrivals to around 10% of pre-war levels, with January’s usual peak largely absent.
Despite the army breaking an earlier siege, RSF blockades from Darfur and Kurdufan have driven up transport costs and hampered distribution; a drone strike also destroyed a warehouse, further reducing stocks.
Al Jazeera’s Heba Morgan reports from el-Obeid, Sudan.
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