Sudan produces around 80 percent of the world's gum arabic, a natural substance used to mix, stabilise and thicken ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

Gum arabic, derived from the sap of acacia trees, is widely used as a stabiliser ... or which "barely exported it before the war" – Egypt and South Sudan – have begun to "aggressively ...

While the acacia trees that yield gum arabic grow across ... controls all production areas," Sorge said. Sorge, who fled to Egypt after RSF forces stole his entire gum supply in 2023, shared ...

While the acacia trees that yield gum arabic grow across ... RSF because the RSF controls all production areas," Sorge said. Egypt, Kenya, Cameroon and South Sudan, which have previously not ...