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Ivory Coast cuts cocoa export contracts to 1.2 million tons over poor weather
Hellenic Shipping News
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August 17, 2025
Ivory Coast’s Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) has cut to 1.2 million tons its export contract sales of the main crop from October to March, down from 1.3 million, two council sources told Reuters on Wednesday. The cocoa sector regulator in the...
Ivory Coast’s cocoa crop healthy, but needs more sun, farmers say
WKZO - Michigan
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August 18, 2025
ABIDJAN (Reuters) -Light rains have helped the October–March main crop despite persistent cold weather across most of Ivory Coast’s key cocoa regions, farmers said on Monday. Ivory Coast, the world’s top cocoa producer, is in its rainy season...
Ivory Coast Cocoa Grind Plummets by 31.2% in July
Arabian Post
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August 18, 2025
Cocoa processing in Ivory Coast saw a significant decline in July, with the nation’s cocoa grind dropping by 31.2% compared to the same period last year. According to figures released by the Ivory Coast Exporters’ Association, the volume of cocoa...
Diplomatic Crisis Looms as Burkina Faso Accuses Ivory Coast of Foul Play in Traore’s Death
South Africa Today
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August 18, 2025
The remains of Alain Christophe Traoré, widely known as Alino Faso, have been repatriated to Burkina Faso from Ivory Coast, sparking national mourning and renewed demands for accountability. Traoré, a prominent social media influencer and...
The forgotten story of when Michael Jackson was crowned king-in-waiting in Cote d'Ivoire
GhanaWeb
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August 16, 2025
Many people know the story of Michael Jackson, the King of Pop, and the voice behind many worldwide hit songs in the 80s, 90s and early 2000s. However, few people know that the late singer is actual royalty, not just in the creative sense. He is...
Young Nigerians want jobs, security, not recycled old politicians – PDP chieftain, Olawepo-Hashim
Punch
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August 18, 2025
A founding member of the Peoples Democratic Party, Dr Gbenga Olawepo-Hashim, who recently returned to the party, in this interview with WALE AKINSELURE, speaks on the party’s decline, the North-Central’s quest, electoral reforms, President...
Ivory Coast village reburies relatives as rising sea engulfs cemetery
FOX 28 - Washington State
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August 15, 2025
Fisherman Alphonse Akadie was forced to exhume the bodies of his relatives last year from the village cemetery in Ivory Coast to avoid their remains being carried off into the ocean. Over the last 50 years, the Atlantic waters, rising as a result...
Cocoa Prices Whipsaw as Ivory Coast Slashes Exports, Demand Cools
News Ghana
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August 16, 2025
Côte d’Ivoire’s shock decision to cut 2025/26 cocoa export contracts by 100,000 MT sent markets reeling this week, amplifying volatility in an already fragile sector. Prices swung from $9,300 to $8,600 per metric ton—still 36% below 2024’s peak...
Ivory Coast: Ouattara Touts Peace In War-Scarred Bouake
StratNews Global
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August 14, 2025
Home Africa Ivory Coast: Ouattara Touts Peace In War-Scarred Bouake Ouattara, a former international banker who announced last month he would seek re-election, is widely credited for Ivory Coast's steady economic growth since he took office. Some...
Dr Adesina speaks at Kenya Law Society Confab
Business Ghana
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PROTOCOLS Honorable Chief Justice of Kenya, Chief Justice Martha Koome, Distinguished Judges of the Supreme Court, President of the Kenya Law Society, Mrs. Faith Odhiambo, Committee Members of the Kenya Law Society, Esteemed Judges, Respected...
Ivory Coast cuts cocoa export contracts due to poor weather
BusinessLIVE
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Abijan — Ivory Coast’s Coffee and Cocoa Council (CCC) has cut to 1.2-million tonnes its export contract sales of the main crop from October to March, down from 1.3-million, two council sources told Reuters on Wednesday. The cocoa sector regulator...
Revived Ivory Coast rebel hub shows boom, burdens of Ouattara era
WKZO - Michigan
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August 14, 2025
BOUAKE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) -Bullet-riddled buildings still line some streets in Ivory Coast’s former rebel capital Bouake, but in the run-up to his third re-election bid President Alassane Ouattara is keen to turn the city into a symbol of...
World Reuters Revived Ivory Coast rebel hub shows boom, burdens of Ouattara era
Yahoo News
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BOUAKE, Ivory Coast (Reuters) -Bullet-riddled buildings still line some streets in Ivory Coast's former rebel capital Bouake, but in the run-up to his third re-election bid President Alassane Ouattara is keen to turn the city into a symbol of...
Ivory Coast opposition figures charged with 'terrorist' offences
Citizen TV Kenya
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August 12, 2025
Prosecutors in the Ivory Coast said Monday they have charged 11 people, including members of the opposition party of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, with alleged "terrorist" offences linked to unrest earlier this month. On the night of August 1, a...
Digital tools key to Africa’s compliance with EU deforestation rules - Fairtrade
CNBC Africa
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August 19, 2025
As the European Union (EU) rolls out stringent regulations to combat deforestation linked to products entering its markets, concerns over the repercussions on African farmers are rising. Known as the EU Deforestation Regulation (EUDR), the...
India News | Parliament Passes Bill to Increase Production of Critical Minerals, Enable Inclusion of New Mineral in a Mining Lease
Latestly
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August 19, 2025
New Delhi [India], August 19 (ANI): Parliament on Tuesday passed a bill for promoting conservation of minerals, zero waste mining and supporting the objectives of the National Critical Mineral Mission with Union Minister for Coal and Mines G...
Weather, supply concerns affect cocoa producers
CNBC Africa
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August 14, 2025
In a dynamic and rapidly changing environment, West Africa's cocoa industry is grappling with immense challenges driven by extreme weather conditions and significant supply concerns. As the world’s largest producers, Cote d'Ivoire and Ghana have...
Several Ivory Coast opposition figures charged with ‘terrorist’ offences
African Insider
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August 12, 2025
Abidjan – Prosecutors in the Ivory Coast said Monday they have charged 11 people, including members of the opposition party of ex-president Laurent Gbagbo, with alleged “terrorist” offences linked to unrest earlier this month. On the night of...
More sun needed to boost Ivory Coast's main cocoa crop, say farmers
Times LIVE
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More sunny spells across most of Ivory Coast's cocoa-growing regions will help to boost development of the next October-to-March main crop, farmers said on Monday, adding that cold weather continued last week with below-average rainfall. The...
Podcast: Climate change 'has arrived' on dinner plates
RTE Ireland
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August 15, 2025
The cost of your weekly shop is increasing due to the accelerating impact of climate change across the globe, an expert has warned. Lecturer in Sustainability at TU Dublin Dr Ciarán O'Carroll told the Behind the Story podcast a new report found a...