The Latest Breaking News from West Africa

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is up +307 (+3.35%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is up +54 (+0.85%). Cocoa prices today are sharply higher for a second day, with NY cocoa posting a 2-month high. Dry weather in West Africa could curb the region's cocoa...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Monday closed up +536 (+6.21%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed up +23 (+0.36%). Cocoa prices rallied Monday, with NY cocoa up sharply at a 2-month high due to concern that dry weather in West Africa could curb the region's...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is up +488 (+5.65%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -24 (-0.38%). Cocoa prices today are mixed, with NY cocoa up sharply at a 2-month high on concern that dry weather in West Africa could curb the region's cocoa...

‘The design sensibilities of West Africa are equally as valuable and important as those from Europe’ states British-Ghanaian designer and architect Giles Tettey Nartey

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Thursday closed down -348 (-3.94%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed down -94 (-1.46%). Cocoa prices fell sharply on Thursday due to an improved outlook for the next cocoa season in West Africa. The end of the El Nino weather...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -313 (-3.54%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -69 (-1.07%). Cocoa prices today are sharply lower due to an improved outlook for the next cocoa season in West Africa. The end of the El Nino weather pattern...

UNICEF report reveals growing health risks for children in West and Central Africa due to extreme heat and mpox outbreak.

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Wednesday closed down -29 (-0.33%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed down -58 (-0.89%). Cocoa prices posted moderate losses Wednesday as an improved outlook for the next cocoa season in West Africa weighs on prices. The end of the El...

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -44 (-0.50%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -66 (-1.02%). Cocoa prices today are moderately lower as the outlook for the next cocoa season in West Africa has improved. The end of the El Nino weather pattern...

Media organizations in Senegal have staged a blackout day to protest a government crackdown they say targets them directly and is aimed at curtailing press freedoms in the West African country

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Monday closed down -367 (-4.03%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed down -219 (-3.27%). Cocoa prices Monday sold off sharply on optimism that West African cocoa production will recover despite recent below-average precipitation. Farmers in the Ivory Coast report that...