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, ...

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

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 ...

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

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 ...

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 ...

The report specifically examines the trade in gum arabic as a case study on the adverse impacts of Sudan’s war economy.

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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

TIC Gums has developed a fast-drying shell coating system for chewing gum, confectionery and nuts, which it said was prompted by continued high demand and uncertain supply of gum arabic. The company ...