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    • Thursday, 27 January, 2022
      Agricultural commodities
      Nestlé to pay cocoa farmers to stop using child labour

      Maker of Kit Kat to tackle root cause through direct payments to smallholders

    • Monday, 11 October, 2021
      News in-depth
      Ivory Coast celebrates oil find as west turns away from fossil fuels

      Abidjan hails biggest discovery in two decades but critics raise risks and developed world’s focus on renewables

    • Thursday, 30 September, 2021
      Mali
      Ivory Coast’s president warns against Russian security group’s involvement in Mali

      Alassane Ouattara says hiring Wagner is not the answer in fight against Islamist insurgents

    • Tuesday, 13 April, 2021
      Burkina Faso
      Burkina Faso tribunal charges ex-president over Sankara murder

      Family of ‘Africa’s Che Guevara’ seeks return of Blaise Compaore from Ivory Coast exile

    • Friday, 11 December, 2020
      Agricultural commodities
      West Africa vs Big Chocolate: Battle over price sours relations

      Ivory Coast and Ghana struggle to boost farmer incomes from commodity that underpins $100bn industry

    • Tuesday, 1 December, 2020
      Agricultural commodities
      Africa’s cocoa farmers and Big Chocolate clash over poverty fighting measures

      Confectioners including Mars and Hershey accused of trying to circumvent ‘living income’ premium

    • Friday, 20 November, 2020
      Commodities
      Hershey’s buys cocoa futures as tensions with African producers grow

      Premium charged for beans on physical market pushes buyers to futures market, driving rally

    • Tuesday, 3 November, 2020
      Ivory Coast’s Alassane Ouattara secures third term in disputed poll

      President claims landslide 94.27 per cent of vote in francophone Africa’s economic powerhouse

    • Thursday, 29 October, 2020
      African politics
      Ivory Coast poll tensions raise stakes across west Africa

      Violence surrounding the presidential race adds to alarm about democratic backsliding in region

    • Wednesday, 28 October, 2020
      David Pilling
      Ivory Coast needs a new generation of leaders

      President Alassane Ouattara’s decision to run for a third term puts the country on a knife edge

    • Wednesday, 7 October, 2020
      Thiam’s name floated in Elysée talks to defuse Ivory Coast tensions

      Ivorian leader rebuffs Macron’s plea to postpone elections, as well as idea former CEO could play political role

    • Monday, 5 October, 2020
      FTfmTidjane Thiam
      Tidjane Thiam: ESG brings distinct value to developing nations

      Many countries lack the clout to ensure that companies operating on their territory act responsibly

    • Friday, 7 August, 2020
      Ivory Coast’s president Alassane Ouattara to seek third term

      Opposition calls decision ‘deplorable’ amid fears of rising tension ahead of October election

    • Thursday, 30 July, 2020
      News in-depthAgricultural commodities
      Choc waves: how coronavirus shook the cocoa market

      Commodity slumps amid the biggest quarterly decline in processing in six years

    • Friday, 10 July, 2020
      Ivory Coast’s presidential race thrown open by death of chosen successor

      Amadou Gon Coulibaly’s death raises speculation Alassane Ouattara may seek third term

    • Thursday, 5 March, 2020
      African politics
      Ivory Coast’s president vows not to seek third term

      Decision by Alassane Ouattara could ease tension in country with history of civil war

    • Tuesday, 21 January, 2020
      LexCommodities
      Chocolate supply: I should cocoa Premium content

      Living income differential of farmers risks playing havoc with confectioners’ hedging strategies

    • Wednesday, 13 November, 2019
      Photography
      Ivorian photographer is first African to win Prix Pictet

      Joana Choumali impressed judges with images responding to trauma of terror attacks

    • Friday, 19 July, 2019
      News in-depthAgricultural commodities
      Choc tactics: Ghana and Ivory Coast plot ‘Opec for cocoa’

      West African nations combine to impose premium over benchmark futures price

    • Thursday, 24 January, 2019
      Richbond International
      What Morocco’s Richbond and HPS learnt from African expansion

      Differing fortunes for mattress maker and electronics payment company

    • Tuesday, 15 January, 2019
      Ex-Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo acquitted of war crimes

      Defeat for ICC’s first prosecution of a former head of state on lack of evidence

    • Thursday, 6 September, 2018
      European companies
      Credit Suisse chief denies he will run in Ivory Coast election

      Tidjane Thiam speaks out as media speculation mounts of presidency bid

    • Tuesday, 28 August, 2018
      European companies
      Gunvor faces scrutiny of historical dealings in west Africa

      Former employee handed suspended sentence for bribing officials in Congo-Brazzaville and Ivory Coast

    • Tuesday, 7 August, 2018
      African politics
      Ouattara pardons 800 over Ivory Coast conflict

      Simone Gbagbo to be released in ‘act of clemency’, president pledges

    • Wednesday, 18 April, 2018
      Commodities
      Cocoa prices hit 19-month high on strong European demand
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