May 12th, 2026 - 11:32 GMT
ALBAWABA - The head of a UN task force warned that continued restrictions on fertilizer shipments through the Strait of Hormuz could trigger a "massive humanitarian crisis" within weeks, in an interview with AFP on Monday. "We have just a few weeks to avert what is likely to be a massive humanitarian crisis," Jorge Moreira da Silva, head of the task force on ensuring the safe passage of fertilizers, told ...
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