The Latest Breaking News from West Africa

The public display of artefacts looted by British colonial forces at the new Museum of West African Art was supposed to be the crowning glory of a decades-long restitution effort. What went wrong?

In Cameroon, Ivory Coast and Togo, where therapy services are almost absent, some stylists are being trained to listen, comfort and guide

The drugs were discovered on an unflagged fishing vessel in the Gulf of Guinea on Monday, a key transit route for drugs heading to Europe.

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25 ) on Friday closed up +10 (+0.41%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25 ) closed up +41 (+0.82%). Cocoa prices on Friday recovered from 1.5-week lows and settled higher as inventories tightened after ICE-monitored cocoa inventories held in US ports fell to a 4.5-month...

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25 ) today is down -8 (-0.11%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25 ) is up +28 (+0.56%). Cocoa prices today fell to 1.5-week lows but are mixed. Cocoa has been under pressure this week as rain in West Africa has eased dry conditions that...

A group of West African nationals deported from the United States to Ghana earlier this month have filed a lawsuit against the Ghanaian government for unlawful detention. Lawyers representing the deportees report they are still being held in a military camp near Accra, even though there are no formal charges…

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25 ) on Thursday closed down -152 (-2.06%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25 ) closed down -87 (-1.71%). Cocoa prices dropped to 1-week lows on Thursday and settled sharply lower. Cocoa has been under pressure over the past three sessions as rain in West...

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25 ) today is down -145 (-1.96%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25 ) is down -84 (-1.65%). Cocoa prices dropped to 1-week lows today. Cocoa has been under pressure over the past three sessions as rain in West Africa has eased dry conditions that...

December ICE NY cocoa (CCZ25 ) on Wednesday closed up +14 (+0.19%), and December ICE London cocoa #7 (CAZ25 ) closed down -6 (-0.12%). Cocoa prices on Wednesday settled mixed. Cocoa has been under pressure over the past two sessions as rain in West Africa has temporarily eased dry conditions...