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Famine in Sudan’s Darfur signals escalating regional instability and risk to key trade routes

More than a dozen children have died due to severe food shortages in a camp in Sudan’s Darfur region, where famine has now been declared, according to a report in BBC. This humanitarian catastrophe stems from the protracted civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has devastated the nation’s infrastructure and deliberately obstructed humanitarian aid. From a financial and geopolitical perspective, the escalating crisis poses a material risk to West Asian economies and global trade. The instability in Sudan directly threatens the security of the Red Sea, a vital maritime trade route. Furthermore, the crisis is prompting international responses, including sanctions from the US and EU, and places pressure on key West Asian powers like Saudi Arabia and the UAE, who have strategic interests in the region, to intensify diplomatic and humanitarian efforts to prevent wider instability that could impact regional markets and trigger significant refugee flows.