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Cocoa Prices Settle Higher on West African Cocoa Crop Concerns

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Tuesday closed up +170 (+2.02%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +244 (+3.49%). Cocoa prices Tuesday moved higher, with London cocoa rallying sharply to a 4-month high. Cocoa rallied Tuesday on concern about cocoa crop production in West Africa after...

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Cocoa Prices Jump on West African Cocoa Crop Concerns

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +181 (+2.15%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +245 (+3.50%). Cocoa prices today are climbing, with London cocoa sharply higher at a 4-month high. Cocoa is rallying today on concern about cocoa crop production in West Africa...

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Cutting-edge labs, a rainforest gallery and guesthouse: Nigeria to open art museum for 21st century

With a campus-style layout inspired by the ancient city, Nigeria’s Museum of West African Art has the potential ‘to be amongst the best in the world for holding returning objects’

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Is the Cocoa Rally Over?

Cocoa prices soared in 2024, reaching twice the pre-2024 record high. West African weather caused cocoa bean shortages, lifting prices into the stratosphere. As the cocoa market moves towards the end of 2024, prices remain elevated but have retreated from record levels.

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Cocoa Prices Surge on Weather Woes in West Africa

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Wednesday closed up +296 (+3.76%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +260 (+4.16%). Cocoa prices today extended this week's sharp rally, with NY cocoa posting a 7-week high and London cocoa posting a 3-month high. Adverse weather in West Africa...

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Cocoa Prices Soar as Adverse Ivory Coast Weather Poses a Threat to Cocoa Output

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +2426 (+3.08%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +208 (+3.33%). Cocoa prices today extended this week's sharp rally, with NY cocoa posting a 7-week high and London cocoa posting a 3-month high. Adverse weather in West Africa...

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Cocoa Prices Finish Sharply Higher on West African Cocoa Crop Concerns

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Tuesday closed up +569 (+7.80%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +310 (+5.22%). Cocoa prices rallied sharply Tuesday, with NY cocoa posting a 3-1/2 week high and London cocoa posting a 2-1/2 month high. Fund buying is pushing cocoa prices...

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Cocoa Prices Surge on West African Cocoa Crop Concerns

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +583 (+7.99%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +317 (+5.24%). Cocoa prices are soaring today, with NY cocoa posting a 3-1/2 week high and London cocoa posting a 2-1/2 month high. Fund buying is pushing cocoa prices...

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Hot and Dry West African Weather Boosts Cocoa Prices

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Monday closed up +181 (+2.54%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +110 (+1.89%). Cocoa prices Monday moved moderately higher, with London cocoa posting a 3-1/2 week high. Cocoa prices jumped Monday after forecaster Maxar Technologies said parts of Ghana and...

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West African hiking hotspot under immediate threat from rapid deforestation

Loma Mountains National Park in Sierra Leone is a popular destination for hikers from all across the world

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Cocoa Prices Surge on Dollar Weakness and West African Crop Concerns

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +436 (+6.30%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +336 (+6.11%). Cocoa prices today rallied sharply as a decline in the dollar sparked short covering in cocoa futures. Also, comments today from the CEO of Barry Callebaut, one...

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Suspected Lassa Fever Death In Iowa: Know Symptoms, Complications Of Rare Viral Infection

The middle-aged eastern Iowa resident is believed to have contracted the infection after returning from travel to West Africa early this month.

Medical Daily

Iowa Resident's Death Investigated As Suspected Lassa Fever Case

Investigation into suspected Lassa fever case in Iowa after West Africa travel. Learn about symptoms, transmission, and prevention efforts.

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Civilian support for military coups isn’t a bug – it’s a feature

In September 2024, authorities in Benin detained the country’s former sports minister and a prominent businessman for allegedly plotting a coup against the West African nation’s president, Patrice Talon. Had a putsch materialized, Benin would have joined a growing list of African countries to have experienced a military coup over…

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Cote d'Ivoire has lost 'nearly 80 percent of its forest and wildlife cover'

How can we protect wild animals when the world's forest cover continues to shrink? This is just one of the many issues under discussion at the Cop16 biodiversity summit in Cali, Colombia. In West Africa, certain emblematic species such as the elephant are at risk of extinction. The head of…

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Ghana grapples with crisis caused by world's throwaway fashion

This week's podcast focuses on textile waste from fast fashion. As cheap clothes from China, Asia and Europe increasingly end up in West Africa, pollution is rising – particularly in Ghana. RFI spoke to Greenpeace Africa investigators to understand the scale of the issue and how to combat it.

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Cocoa Prices Surge as Rain Delays West African Cocoa Harvest

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Tuesday closed up +327 (+4.29%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +149 (+2.64%). Cocoa prices Tuesday settled sharply higher, with NY cocoa posting a 2-week high. Cocoa prices are climbing as heavy rain in West Africa has caused flooding and...

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Cocoa Rallies as Heavy West African Rain Disrupts the Cocoa Harvest

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +339 (+4.45%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +155 (+2.75%). Cocoa prices today are sharply higher, with NY cocoa posting a 2-week high. Cocoa prices are climbing as heavy rain in West Africa has caused flooding and...

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Cocoa Prices Climb on Harvest-Disrupting Rains in West Africa

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) Friday closed up +210 (+2.79%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) closed up +122 (+2.21%). Cocoa prices Friday extended this week's sharp rally, with NY cocoa posting a 1-1/2 week high and London cocoa posting a 1-1/2 month high. Heavy rain in...

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Cocoa Prices Soar on Heavy West African Rains

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ24 ) today is up +236 (+3.13%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ24 ) is up +148 (+2.68%). Cocoa prices today are sharply higher, with NY cocoa posting a 1-1/2 week high and London cocoa posting a 1-1/2 month high. Heavy rain in West Africa...

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West Africa's endorsement of commercial whaling alarms green groups

Seven West African nations are facing backlash after supporting a proposal to resume commercial whaling – claiming it would help fight food insecurity. The move, unexpected from nations with no whaling tradition, was met with dismay from conservation groups.

International Business Times

Small And Medium-Sized African Solar Power Companies See Sales Surge

About 600 million Africans don't have electrical service in their homes, with electrification rates in West Africa as low as 8%.

The Independent UK

Solar power companies are growing fast in Africa, where 600 million still lack electricity

Companies that bring solar power to some of the poorest homes in Central and West Africa are said to be among the fastest growing on a continent whose governments have long struggled to address some of the world’s worst infrastructure and the complications of climate change

The Independent UK

In Senegal, the bastion of the region's Francophonie, French is giving way to local languages

For decades Senegal, a former French colony in West Africa, has been touted as the bastion of the French language in the region

France 24

Hero or dictator? Ahmed Sékou Touré and the war of memory in Guinea

Forty years after his death, Ahmed Sékou Touré, the father of Guinea's independence, is more popular than ever. For young people across West Africa in search of a hero, Sékou Touré could be what they're looking for. But this rehabilitation of the country's past dictator glosses over the tens of…

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