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Anglican Archbishop Who Pushed for Anti-LGBTQ+ Laws in Ghana Is Now Suddenly Calling the Bill Cruel

Anglican Archbishop Cyril Kobina Ben-Smith has abruptly withdrawn his support for anti-LGBTQ+ laws in Ghana. The religious leader told the BBC his church opposes the criminalisation of gay persons.

International Business Times UK · Aug 27

Cocoa Prices Surge on West African Cocoa Quality Concerns

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) closed up +342 (+5.87%) on Thursday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) closed up +239 (+5.76%). Cocoa prices rallied sharply on Thursday and posted 3-week highs on concern about the quality of this year’s West African cocoa crops. The lack of sunshine...

Barchart · Aug 27

Cocoa Prices Jump on Concern Over West African Crop Quality

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) is up +324 (+5.56%) today, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) is up +226 (+5.45%). Cocoa prices rallied sharply today and posted 3-week highs on concern about the quality of this year’s West African cocoa crops. The lack of sunshine in the...

Barchart · Aug 27

Cocoa Prices Pressured by Signs of Abundant Supplies

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) closed down -116 (-1.95%) on Tuesday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) closed down -100 (-2.35%). Cocoa prices settled lower on Tuesday, with NY cocoa falling to a 1-week low. Signs of abundant global cocoa supplies are weighing on prices. Last Friday,...

Barchart · Aug 25

Easing Supply Concerns Weigh on Cocoa Prices

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ26 ) is down -127 (-2.14%) today, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) is down -110 (-2.59%). Cocoa prices are under pressure today, with NY cocoa falling to a 1-week low. Signs of adequate global cocoa supplies are weighing on prices. Last Friday, Bloomberg...

Barchart · Aug 25

Cocoa Prices Fall as Supply Concerns Ease

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26 ) closed down -170 (-2.84%) on Monday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) closed down -25 (-0.58%). Cocoa prices retreated on Monday amid signs of abundant cocoa supplies. Last Friday, Bloomberg reported that Nigeria’s July cocoa bean exports rose +18% y/y to 16,052...

Barchart · Aug 24

I'll be watching The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills for the first time ever thanks to the season 16 trip to Ghana — Bozoma Saint John's wedding just changed the game

The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills season 16 has been filming in Ghana thanks to Bozoma Saint John's wedding — and it's made the Bravo reality TV series all the richer for it.

TechRadar · Aug 24

Signs of Abundant Cocoa Supplies Undercut Prices

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26 ) is down -165 (-2.75%) today, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) is down -38 (-0.89%). Cocoa prices are sliding today on signs of abundant cocoa supplies. Last Friday, Bloomberg reported that Nigeria’s July cocoa bean exports rose +18% y/y to 16,052 MT....

Barchart · Aug 24

Africa: Getting the history of slavery wrong

'I think that there's a strategy to divide and conquer and to create a very contrived confusion," said Samuel Okuzeto Ablakwan, Ghana's foreign minister. "We denounce and totally reject those claims that Africans are as guilty and complicit as those who masterminded this whole atrocity." He's wrong, of course, but…

Bangkok Post · Aug 23

Cocoa Prices Retreat as Global Supplies Improve

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU26 ) closed down -98 (-1.61%) on Friday, and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU26 ) closed down -10 (-0.23%). Cocoa prices settled lower on Friday amid signs of larger global supplies after Bloomberg reported that Nigeria’s July cocoa bean exports rose +18% y/y to 16,052...

Barchart · Aug 21