Paramilitary group accused of of mass rights abuses and sexual assault holds a large monopoly over vital gum arabic supplies ...

Thousands of seeds from native African tree species and indigenous varieties ... including a deposit of ancient sorghum varieties rescued from Sudan’s national genebank. According to the Crop ...

Global trade in gum arabic centres on the African nation – and proceeds bankroll conflict between the army and paramilitary ...

Sudan is the world’s leading exporter of gum arabic, which comes from hardened acacia tree resin. It’s a necessary ingredient for lots of household items and food products. But the RSF, which the US ...

After it’s sorted in warehouses in Port Sudan, Yagoub’s gum arabic is sent to clients in Europe and the US. Gum arabic, a ...

Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M's sweets, is increasingly being trafficked from rebel-held areas of war-torn Sudan, traders and industry sources say, ...

Sudan produces around 80% of the world's gum arabic, a natural substance harvested from acacia trees that's widely used to mix, stabilise and thicken ingredients in mass-market products including ...

and where most of the acacia trees that produce it are grown by smallholder farmers or cooperatives.

Gum arabic, derived from the sap of acacia trees, is widely used as a stabiliser ... and food and drink. And Sudan, with its "vast acacia forests" and "liberalised" market, is a "significant ...

Sudan produces around 80% of the world's gum arabic, a natural substance harvested from acacia trees that's widely used to mix, stabilise and thicken ingredients in mass-market products including ...

A Sudanese woman holds pieces of gum arabic, the resin of an acacia tree that grows in Sudan's conflict zones. Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M's sweets ...