Satellite imagery reveals how Sudan’s war scorched its ‘breadbasket’

Satellite imagery analysis reveals widespread destruction across Gezira state, Sudan's primary agricultural region, with farmland burned and irrigation infrastructure damaged since the April 2023 outbreak of fighting between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the Rapid Support Forces. The devastation has contributed to acute food insecurity affecting millions, with the UN warning of famine-phase conditions in multiple localities across the country.

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