By Simon Marks For two years, Hisham Salih Yagoub has fielded calls from frantic drivers across wartorn Sudan asking him to pay thousands of dollars to the genocidal paramilitary group that has torn ...
Global trade in gum arabic centres on the African nation – and proceeds bankroll conflict between the army and paramilitary ...
Gum arabic, a vital ingredient used in everything from Coca-Cola to M&M's sweets, is increasingly being trafficked from rebel ...
like Egypt and South Sudan, have begun to aggressively offer the commodity at cheap prices and without proof it is ...
While the acacia trees that yield gum arabic grow across ... and sell it to big consumer goods firms. Sorge, who fled to Egypt after RSF forces stole his entire gum supply in 2023, shared WhatsApp ...
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 ...
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 ...
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 ...