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Cocoa Prices Soar on Risks to Global Cocoa Production

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH24 ) on Tuesday closed +71 (+1.72%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed +38 (+1.08%). Cocoa prices on Tuesday closed moderately higher, with Mar NY cocoa posting a contract high and nearest-futures (CCZ23) posting a 46-year high. Continuous rain has limited fieldwork and...

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Lloyds of London archives show how important the City was to transatlantic slavery

In 1783, the City of London was gripped by a court case which symbolised the brutal economics of slavery. Two years previously, the Liverpool slave ship Zong had set out from Accra, in present-day Ghana, with 442 men, women and children crammed in its hold.

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Cocoa Prices Post Moderate Gains as Ivory Coast Cocoa Exports Shrink

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH24 ) on Monday closed +41 (+1.00%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed +27(+0.77%). Cocoa prices on Monday posted moderate gains. Signs of smaller cocoa output in the Ivory Coast, the world's largest cocoa producer, are bullish for prices. On Monday, data from...

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Cocoa Prices Mixed as NY Cocoa Consolidates Below a 46-Year High

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH24 ) on Friday closed +5 (+0.12%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed -8 (-0.23%). Cocoa prices on Friday settled mixed. NY cocoa Friday posted modest gains as prices consolidated just below Tuesday's 46-year high. London cocoa Friday was under pressure from a...

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Cameroon receives first shipment of 'breakthrough' malaria vaccine

More than 330,000 doses of the Mosquirix malaria vaccine have been delivered to Cameroon as part of efforts to ramp up immunisation across Africa. Cameroon is the first African country to receive the vaccine after pilot programmes in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi.

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Harry Maguire responds to belated apology from Ghana MP over ruthless public mockery

Isaac Adongo publicly apologised to the Manchester United and England defender in parliament, 11 months on

Evening Standard

Dollar Strength Sparks Long Liquidation in Cocoa Futures

Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Wednesday closed -54 (-1.28%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed -15 (-0.43%). Cocoa prices on Wednesday posted moderate losses as strength in the dollar sparked long liquidation pressures in cocoa futures. On Tuesday, NY cocoa soared to a 46-year nearest-futures...

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Patients' beliefs about illness matter: the case of elephantiasis in rural Ghana

Would you take medication for an illness you didn’t believe you had? Or if you disagreed with healthcare workers about the cause of your condition?

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Cocoa Prices Soar on Limited Global Cocoa Production

Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Tuesday closed +193 (+4.78%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed +20 (+0.57%). Cocoa prices on Tuesday closed higher, with NY cocoa rallying sharply to a 46-year nearest-futures high. Cocoa prices are soaring on concern that current cocoa production will be...

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Ghana: Akosombo Dam disaster reveals a history of negligence that continues to this day

Recent heavy downpours in the Lower Volta area of Ghana led to the worst flooding in the region’s history. The flooding was caused by a spillage (a deliberate release of water) from the Akosombo Dam, the country’s biggest hydroelectric dam. Over 26,000 people were displaced. No deaths have been officially…

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Malaria: two groundbreaking vaccines have been developed, but access and rollout are still big stumbling blocks

The approval of two malaria vaccines – the RTS,S/AS01 vaccine in 2021 and the R21/Matrix-MTM vaccine in 2023 – will help control, and eventually help eradicate, a disease that causes more than 600,000 deaths annually. Nearly 2 million children in Ghana, Kenya and Malawi have been vaccinated with the RTS,S/AS01…

The Conversation

Cocoa Prices Slip on Weakness in Cocoa Butter

Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Monday closed -49 (-1.20%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed -97 (-2.71%). Cocoa prices on Monday posted moderate losses. Weakness in cocoa butter prices prompted long liquidation in cocoa futures after cocoa butter prices fell to a 1-week low Monday....

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Cocoa Prices Climb on Dollar Weakness and Tight Global Supplies

Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Friday closed +79 (+1.97%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed +24 (+0.68%). Cocoa prices on Friday closed moderately higher. Friday's sell-off in the dollar index (DXY00 ) to a 2-1/2 month low supported cocoa prices. Also, signs of smaller cocoa...

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African and Caribbean nations agree move to seek reparations for slavery

African Union and Caricom members establish global reparations fund and call for formal apologies from European nations

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Ghana reparations summit calls for global fund to compensate Africans for slave trade

Delegates at a reparations summit in Ghana have resolved to set up a Global Reparation Fund to push for overdue compensation for millions of Africans enslaved centuries ago during the transatlantic slave trade

France 24

Ghana calls for African united front on demand for slavery reparations

Africa is seeking an action plan on the back of growing calls for compensation for the historical enslavement of millions of its people at a conference in Ghana. Meanwhile in the Central African Republic, the UN Security Council has adopted a resolution to renew its local peacekeeping mission – MINUSCA…

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Cocoa Prices Mixed on Dollar Strength

Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Wednesday closed -7 (-0.18%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed +19 (+0.54%). Cocoa prices on Wednesday settled mixed. Strength in the dollar Wednesday (DXY00 ) weighed on NY cocoa prices. However, losses were muted on signs of smaller cocoa output...

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Cocoa Prices Close Sharply Lower on Long Liquidation Pressures

Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Tuesday closed -105 (-2.59%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed -78 (-2.19%). Cocoa prices on Tuesday gave up early gains and closed sharply lower. A rally in the British pound (^GBPUSD ) to a 2-month high Tuesday sparked long liquidation...

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Evening Standard

Raphael Dwamena's doctor speaks out on footballer's death after decision to play on despite heart condition

Ghanaian striker died after "respectable personal decision", says cardiologist who treated him

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Cocoa Prices March Higher on Fears of a Global Cocoa Shortfall

Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Monday closed +60 (+1.50%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed +38 (+1.08%). Cocoa prices on Monday marched higher, with NY cocoa posting a 45-year nearest futures high and London cocoa posting a record high. Tight cocoa supplies and concerns that...

Radio France Internationale

Ghana struggles to manage exodus of nurses leaving for jobs abroad

Nearly 4,000 nurses have left Ghana for better-paid jobs in Europe and the US over the past year, according to the country's nursing association, worsening shortages of medical staff and placing increasing strain on those who remain.

The Independent UK

Former Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena dies after collapsing during Albanian Super League soccer game

Former Ghana striker Raphael Dwamena has died after collapsing during an Albanian Super League soccer match

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Cocoa Prices Underpinned by the Outlook for a Global Cocoa Shortfall

Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Friday closed +42 (+1.06%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed +47 (+1.35%). Cocoa prices Friday extended this week's rally, with NY posting a 45-year nearest futures high and London cocoa posting a record high. Tight cocoa supplies and concerns that...

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Cocoa Prices Rally on Limited Global Supplies

Dec ICE NY cocoa (CCZ23 ) on Thursday closed +33 (+0.84%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed +73 (+2.14%). Cocoa prices Thursday closed moderately higher, with NY posting a 45-year nearest futures high and London cocoa posting a record high. Tight cocoa supplies are supportive of prices....

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Ghanaians don't trust the police. A criminologist on what needs to be done about it

The relationship between Ghanaian citizens and officers of its police service is a tenuous one. Recent reports by the research network Afrobarometer show a decline in trust between citizens and officers amid complaints of harassment and bribery. There have also been accusations of the police being used by the political…

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