By Olivia Le Poidevin GENEVA, July 15 (Reuters) - The United Nations human rights office on Wednesday called on states, ...

Since he was 14, Al-Amin has tapped gum arabic, the resin of an acacia tree that thrives in Sudan's conflict states -- "manna" from heaven for some, a key ingredient in Coca-Cola for others. But the ...

Sudan's rival factions are profiting from control over the country's resources and the "war economy" was sustaining the ...

Khartoum: Sudan’s war has driven thousands of gum arabic producers from their land, destroyed vast hashab and talh forests, and turned one of the country’s most strategic exports into the subject of ...

Alongside gold, the little-known Sudanese commodity gum arabic – used in soft drinks, food, cosmetics and pharmaceuticals – ...

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, ...

Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. A raw material – not gold – is having an outsized influence on the fighting in Sudan as it is smuggled to help fund the war effort ...

NEWARK, Del, Jan. 30, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The global Gum Arabic Market is set to witness substantial growth, driven by the increasing demand for natural ingredients across industries. In 2025, ...

Westerners' consumption of a little-known tree gum – used in everything from Coca-Cola and Nestlé pet food to L'Oréal lipsticks and M&M sweets – could be funding both sides in Sudan's bitter civil war ...

Acacia gum, commonly called gum arabic, is derived from certain kinds of acacia trees: Senegalia senegal and Vachellia seyal. Sap is extracted from acacia trees by cutting incisions in their bark that ...

Warring paramilitary group seizes control of key trade town, breaking into warehouses and stealing more than 400 lorries loaded with valuable crop Said Mohammed al-Tahir (right), a trader in Port ...

Early this morning I was listening to the news. One of the commentators said that Osama Bin Laden owns a HUGE amount of stock in the company that makes Gum Arabic. Gum Arabic is known to be in some ...