Throughout the war, the gum arabic that stops the sugar in Coke from falling to the bottom of the can has continued to flow ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

While the acacia trees that yield gum arabic grow across the Africa's arid Sahel region - known as the 'gum belt' - Sudan has become by far the world's biggest exporter due to its extensive groves.