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A Sudanese man shows gum arabic sap, in the state-owned Demokaya research forest some 30km east of El-Obeid, the capital city of the central wilayet (state) of North Kordofan
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Sudan produces around 80% of the world's gum arabic, a natural substance harvested from acacia trees and widely used.

The New Arab Staff & Agencies
15 July, 2026
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 Sudanese women walk to the public transportation station, in the capital Khartoum on April 16, 2026. Of the nearly four million people -- around half Khartoum's pre-war population -- who fled during the conflict, more than 1.8 million have returned over the past year. Yet fewer than 80,000 people have come back to central Khartoum, according to the United Nations.
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UN rights office accuses Sudan’s RSF of war crimes in El-Fasher offensive, reporting 6,000 killed in three days amid escalating conflict.
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Sudanese women who fled El-Fasher wait to receive humanitarian aid at the Al-Afad camp for displaced people in the town of Al-Dabba, northern Sudan, on November 25, 2025.
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A Sudanese man sits next to a pile of firewood collected from what remains of the Sunt Forest, an urban forest mainly made up of Acacia trees, in one of the oldest green spaces in the war-torn capital Khartoum on February 7, 2026.
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A picture shows the Al-Nimir camp for South Sudanese refugees in the Sudanese state of East Darfur on August 15, 2017.
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A general view of Oure Cassoni camp in Chad on November 14, 2025.
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Makeshift shelters erected by displaced Sudanese who fled El-Fasher
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Newly arrived Sudanese refugee children wait for registration papers at the Oure Cassoni refugee camp after arriving from Sudan, on February 24, 2026 in Oure Cassoni, Chad.
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SUDAN-POLITICS-CONFLICT
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A file photo taken 09 August 2005 shows a Sudanese deminer working for South African demining team Mechem,
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