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Aid organization warns of looming food crisis in Sudan

Smoke rises over Khartoum, Sudan, June 7, 2023, as the fighting in the northeastern African nation showed no signs of abating. [AP Photo]

A catastrophic food crisis looms in Sudan if fighting doesn't stop, said Freydoun Borhani, team leader with aid organization Mercy Corps in Gedaref state, on the Ethiopian border.

"Right now, it's planting season in Gedaref state, for example. People there must buy seeds for plantation. The price of the seeds go very high. And this creates a problem for the farmer," Borhani said.

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