Anonymousabout 3 hours ago
The 2026 Iran war and the near-total closure of the Strait of Hormuz have triggered an energy and food price shock that international officials say will fall hardest on low-income, import-dependent countries in South Asia, sub-Saharan Africa, and Southeast Asia. With 318 million people already facing crisis-level hunger, the IMF projecting $20–50 billion in emergency support needs, and over half of low-income countries already in or at high risk of debt distress, the conflict threatens to push an additional 32 million people into poverty while straining multilateral safety nets that were already underfunded before the first missile was fired.