Gum arabic heavyweight set to visit Kordofan
Frédéric Alland, head of Alland & Robert, will travel to Sudan on 19 March. The French gum arabic giant shares, with its French competitor Nexira, over half the Sudanese market for the acacia tree resin.
Sudan's FFC civil coalition is urging the South Sudanese president to intercede with Sudanese rebels who did not sign the 5 December framework agreement. This comes after a competing Cairo-led process began last month.
The deputy leader of the Democratic Unionist Party is set to fly into the South Sudanese capital for talks with one of the last rebel leaders not to have signed the Juba peace accords. His party is hoping to take advantage of any deal during the next presidential election campaign.
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