Paramilitary RSF wants to profit from 1 of Sudan's crucial exports: gum arabic
by editors@theworld.org (Chris Harland-Dunaway) from The World: Latest Stories on (#6VPC1)
Sudan is the world's leading exporter of gum arabic, which comes from hardened acacia tree resin. It's a necessary ingredient for lots of household items and food products. But the RSF, which the US says is responsible for genocide in Darfur, controls areas key to the production of this widely used material. Mohammed Salih is a gum arabic importer in Sweden who explains how he's forced to contend with these problems.