Umm Ruwaba, Sudan — FARMERS here call these sandblasted acacia orchards the “gardens of our grandfathers,” and for centuries the sticky amber sap flowing from them helped to bind civilization.

The conflict in Sudan has turned attention to a rarely discussed commodity: gum arabic. This product, the dried sap of certain species of acacia trees, is used mainly as an additive in the soft drinks ...

Hilat Ismail Village, North Kordofan State, April 4, 2013- Hamed Adam stands patiently in the sand under a scorching sun as a laborer gathers gum Arabic from the skinny Acacia Senegal trees. The ...

UMM RUWABA, Sudan -- Farmers here call these sandblasted acacia orchards the "gardens of our grandfathers," and for centuries the sticky amber sap flowing from them helped to bind civilization.

Al-Obeid, May 19, 2025 (SUNA) – The Dean of the Gum Arabic Research and Desertification Studies Institute at the University of Kordofan, Dr. Hamdoun Ali Abdel-Rahman, told SUNA that the institute is ...

The childhood bond that I developed with gum from the babul tree (gum arabic tree) is still intact and unbreakable. Whenever I see a babul tree, I go down memory lane. In those days, we did not have ...