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Somaliland Frankincense Industry Threatened by High Demand

   The sap of the frankincense tree has been a valued commodity for
   millennia. Egyptian pharaohs traded for the gum, and Christians know
   frankincense as one of the gifts the three wise men brought to the baby
   Jesus, according to the New Testament.
   But increased demand has threatened the ancient trade as men in
   Somaliland risk their lives to harvest the resin in ever greater
   quantities.