# Africa’s food prices are splitting sharply as conflict and fuel costs disrupt markets – People Daily

> FEWS NET September 2026 market data shows steep staple food price increases in Sudan, Uganda and Burundi, while harvest-related improvements lowered prices in parts of Somalia and South Sudan. Kenya's maize prices remained broadly stable. In Sudan, sorghum, millet and wheat flour rose 16 to 41 percent month on month.

- Date: 2026-10-31 · published 2026-11-01T06:06:11.358Z
- Category: disease · region Africa · magnitude low
- Page: https://feedsoft.ai/events/4011-africa-s-food-prices-are-splitting-sharply-as-conflict-and-fuel-costs-disrupt
- Commodities: [Sorghum](https://feedsoft.ai/c/SORGHUM.md), [Wheat (SRW)](https://feedsoft.ai/c/WHEAT.md)

## Why it matters

Conflict, costly transport and tighter supplies are lifting staple grain prices in affected African markets, supporting sorghum and wheat demand for food use, while harvest gains elsewhere ease pressure.

## Read by commodity

- WHEAT: bullish ▲
- SORGHUM: bullish ▲

## Similar past events

| Commodity | Date | Event | 5-day % | 20-day % |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| WHEAT | 2022-04-11 | [Why egg prices are soaring - CBS News](https://feedsoft.ai/events/41853-why-egg-prices-are-soaring-cbs-news.md) | -2.4% | +3.1% |
| WHEAT | 2021-04-15 | [More wheat feeding and pig disease outbreaks pose double threat to China soymeal demand \| Reuters](https://feedsoft.ai/events/47642-more-wheat-feeding-and-pig-disease-outbreaks-pose-double-threat-to-china.md) | +4.1% | +6.9% |
| WHEAT | 2020-02-20 | [Soybeans drop on China demand worries, wheat near 4-week peak \| Financial Post](https://feedsoft.ai/events/10635-soybeans-drop-on-china-demand-worries-wheat-near-4-week-peak-financial-post.md) | -1.5% | -0.4% |
| WHEAT | 2025-11-26 | [Animal Health - November Updates - FACE](https://feedsoft.ai/events/15951-animal-health-november-updates-face.md) | +2.1% | +1.1% |
| WHEAT | 2020-07-13 | [China Brief \| Edition 048: Cargill beef banned but other exports see gains Canada West FoundationCanada West Foundation](https://feedsoft.ai/events/52095-china-brief-edition-048-cargill-beef-banned-but-other-exports-see-gains-canada.md) | -0.4% | -1.3% |

## Sources

- peopledaily.digital: https://peopledaily.digital/business/africas-food-prices-are-splitting-sharply-as-conflict-and-fuel-costs-disrupt-markets

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