What happened: A deepening crisis in the Middle East could send economic shockwaves across sub-Saharan Africa, raising fuel costs, food prices and inflation across the region, according to... Roughly one-fifth of the world’s oil and liquefied natural gas flows through the Strait of Hormuz between Iran,...
Cross-source context: Mother Jones highlights recent attacks in the Middle East on desalination plants, facilities that remove salt from seawater, raise the potential for a humanitarian crisis if the region’s freshwater... The attacks also underscore the region’s heavy reliance on an energy-intensive method of producing drinking water that is... AFP / France 24 highlights volatility on oil markets is already being felt in the travel sector, as a spike in the price of jet fuel is being passed on to... Higher fares and fuel surcharges are beginning to appear across a number of airlines.
What to watch next: movement around conflict, exposes.