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An ancient kola tree has been cut down in southern Ghana. Local tradition held that the tree had grown on the spot where spiritual leader Komfo Anokye had spat a kola nut onto the ground three centuries previously.

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Ghana’s shea industry has a rich history. Shea – nkuto, karite, galam in some west African languages – is deeply embedded in the culture and tradition of the country’s northern regions. It is often considered a woman’s crop – women pick the fruit and extract its “butter” – and has…

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH24 ) on Wednesday closed +72 (+1.71%), and Dec ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ23 ) closed +28 (+0.79%). Cocoa prices on Wednesday settled higher, with Mar NY cocoa posting a contract high and nearest-futures (CCZ23) posting a 46-year high. Continuous rain has limited fieldwork and encouraged...

Ghana’s Ministry of Trade and Industry has tabled in parliament a proposed ban or restrictions on imports of certain goods, including rice, sugar, poultry, fruit juices and animal intestines (tripe). The proposed legislation empowers the trade minister to issue licences to potential importers of goods. Critics of the policy say…

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...

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.

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...