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Deadly attack on UN convoy in Sudan disrupts aid to hunger-stricken families in the war-torn country....

Aid workers are also having to cope with a wave of cholera outbreaks in war-torn Sudan....

With the rainy season and funding cuts looming, the World Food Programme is worried about the displaced in Sudan....

Key Coca-Cola & Pepsi Ingredient 'Controlled By RSF Paramilitary In Sudan' Via Middle East Eye Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is currently controlling access to a vital ingredient used in Coca-Cola and Pepsi across vast swathes of the country, according to a new report. Gum arabic, an organic emulsifier derived from the sap of the acacia trees, is a major ingredient in a range of products, including the gigantic soft drink brands as well as soap, medicine, sweets and cosmetics. Around 70 percent of the world's supply comes from Sudan, where the trees grow in a 200,000 square mile belt across the south of the country that is largely controlled by the RSF, according to Bloomberg. Hisham Salih Yagoub, whose company Afritec is one of Sudan's biggest international suppliers, told the news outlet that he regularly pays the RSF $2,500 per truck to allow transport of the product to the country's ports. "They stop the trucks and you have to pay for the trucks to move,...

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Almost 7.7 million people will be classified as acutely food insecure in the country as it grapples with floods and war....

As famine ravages Sudan, the UN can't get food to starving millions...

Global food monitor says famine has taken hold in Sudan's Darfur...

Exclusive: critics say British American Tobacco's plan to 'flood a country in crisis with cheap cigarettes' is 'shameful'A subsidiary of British American Tobacco is lobbying the government of Pakistan to allow it to export 10-packs of cigarettes to war-torn Sudan, prompting criticism from a smoking campaign group.Pakistan is among more than 80 countries that do not permit the sale or manufacture of 10-packs of cigarettes, which the World Health Organization has said make smoking more affordable for children. Continue reading......