Cameroon: chocolate-makers squeezed by high cocoa prices
At his plantation in Muyuka, southwest Cameroon, Chief Orok John diligently inspects his young cocoa plants, grappling with pod diseases that have plagued his crops […]
Ivory Coast
Ivory Coast Set to Raise Official Cocoa Farmgate Price
Ivory Coast, recognized as the premier cocoa exporter worldwide, is poised to elevate its official cocoa farmgate price from 1,000 CFA to 1,500 CFA francs […]
Major Internet Outages Strike South Africa, Nigeria, Ghana, Liberia, and Ivory Coast
Significant internet disruptions have been documented across several African nations. South Africa, Nigeria, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Ghana, and Burkina Faso have all experienced outages, with […]
Gbagbo to Contest 2025 Election: Former Ivory Coast President Agrees
On Saturday, former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, acquitted of war crimes charges by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2019, agreed to lead his […]
French military presence in Ivory Coast ‘begs’ for “remodeling” — Macron’s Africa envoy
French military presence in Côte d’Ivoire should be “remodeled” or “reshaped”, Jean-Marie Bockel, French President Emmanuel Macron’s envoy for Africa, said on Wednesday (21 February) […]
AFCON 2024: Algeria knocked out of Africa Cup of Nations by Mauritania
Algeria has suffered a humiliating exit from the Africa Cup of Nations, taking place in Ivory Coast, after losing 1-0 to Mauritania in a game […]
Guinea-Bissau and Italian oil company Eni sign agreement to boost hydrocarbon exploration
Guinea-Bissau and Italian oil company Eni will start a collaboration in the areas of exploration, natural climate solutions, agriculture, sustainability and health, the transalpine company […]
West Africa’s central bank congratulates Guinea-Bissau’s performance
The governor of the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO), Ivorian Jean Claude Brou Yesterday congratulated Guinea-Bissau’s President Umaro Sissoco Embaló for the country’s […]
Guinea-Bissau calls for quick activation of military force against coups in ECOWAS
The Guinean Foreign Minister, Suzi Barbosa, on Monday called on the military leaders of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) for the rapid […]
Ghana borrows $1.3 billion to boost cocoa exports
The Cocoa Board of Ghana (Cocobod), the agency that oversees the cocoa industry, will sign a $1.3 billion loan agreement with international banks this Thursday […]