Analysts warn of trade disruptions across Africa as Israel-Iran tensions escalate

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Analysts warn of trade disruptions across Africa as Israel-Iran tensions escalate  The Israel-Iran conflict is sending shockwaves through African markets, particularly those dependent on imported oil, as rising prices and potential supply chain disruptions threaten to exacerbate inflation and economic instability across the continent.  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/06/23/analysts-warn-of-trade-disruptions-across-africa-as-israel-iran-tensions-escalate  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Africa may be thousands of kilometers from the Israel-Iran conflict, but experts warn

00:06the ripple effects will be felt across the continent. From potential trade disruptions

00:11to soaring market instability, African economies are already feeling the pressure and is unlikely

00:17to ease any time soon. The prices for energy goods like oil, petroleum is going to rise

00:23and that is going to affect many African countries that primarily rely on the fossil fuel to run

00:30their industries and to power their cars in the transport industry and factories.

00:39Goldman Sachs already predicts a $10 surge in benchmark crude prices. Meanwhile,

00:45the threat of the Strait of Hamza's closure, controlled by Iran, could send oil prices skyrocketing.

00:51Saurabh, Africa has to take up a strategic repositioning to understand

00:57the dynamics of the conflict and what it means for them domestically. And this means talking to

01:01populations around what is expected and what the likelihood of this conflict is going to be.

01:07With oil prices potentially rising, sub-Saharan Africa may face inflation and fuel shortages,

01:14adding pressure to economies already struggling with global uncertainties.

01:21Amics too.

01:22It's just an important thing.

01:23She is the most important thing of being associated with the conflict and not being at the conflict,

01:27but it's the most important thing that she doesn't want to do at risk.

01:29A lot of things that she wants to do is to do at risk.

01:32She has issues for her with the conflict and she sees throughout the conflict.

01:32The political conflict with the difficulty between being the conflict and women's words

01:35that she is getting downloaded in review.

01:37Strait of Hamza's nuclear GRACE

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