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World Business Report: First broadcast 18/05/2023 14:32 GMT : Sudan conflict ‘damaging neighbouring economies’

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Sudan conflict ‘damaging neighbouring economies’

First broadcast 18/05/2023 14:32 GMT 

First broadcast 18/05/2023 14:32 GMT : Sudan conflict ‘damaging neighbouring economies’

BBC World Service - World Business Report, Sudan conflict ‘damaging neighbouring economies’

The month-long conflict in Sudan in is damaging the economies of its neighbours

The UN  has made a record-breaking appeal for $3 billion worth of support for Sudan. But with thousands fleeing their homes, the conflict threatens a major regional crisis.

The month-long conflict in Sudan in East Africa is damaging the economies of its neighbours. The United Nations has made a record-breaking appeal for $3 billion worth of support for Sudan. But with thousands fleeing their homes for neighbouring countries, the critical port of Port Sudan virtually out of action, and fears for the security of major oil pipelines that cross the country - the conflict threatens a major regional crisis.

The issue of remote versus home-working is once again in the headlines after Twitter and Tesla boss Elon Musk said working from home is ‘morally wrong’ – because it was unfair on those who could not work remotely. More companies are beginning to insist on their employees attending the office more often – with the New York-based asset management company Black Rock the latest to insist that workers go into the office at least four days a week. We look at whether home-working days are numbered.

And, a small bakery in France is the proud owner of a very special accolade - bakers of the best baguette in Paris. Of the 176 baguettes shortlisted for the prestigious prize, it was baguette number 142 from the bakery Au Levain des Pyrenees that proved a cut above the rest. The prize: to bake baguettes for none other than the French president, for a year.

(Photo: Belongings at Malakal transit site in South Sudan's Upper Nile State. Credit: Getty Images)

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