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Cocoa Prices Pressured by Optimism Over Next Season's Cocoa Crop

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -85 (-1.04%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -148 (-2.26%). Cocoa prices today are under pressure due to an improving outlook for the next cocoa season in West Africa. The end of the El Nino weather pattern,...

Cocoa Finishes Sharply Higher on Crop Concerns in West Africa

Cocoa Finishes Sharply Higher on Crop Concerns in West Africa

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) Tuesday closed up +420 (+5.44%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed up +220 (+3.48%). Cocoa prices closed sharply higher on Tuesday and recovered from Monday's losses. Cocoa prices rallied Tuesday as increasing rains in West Africa are leaving cocoa plantations more...

Cocoa Rallies as Wet Weather in West Africa May Spread Disease to Cocoa Crops

Cocoa Rallies as Wet Weather in West Africa May Spread Disease to Cocoa Crops

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is up +488 (+6.32%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is up +272 (+4.30%). Cocoa prices today are sharply higher and recovered Monday's losses. Cocoa prices are rallying today as increasing rains in West Africa are leaving cocoa plantations more susceptible...

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Cocoa Prices Close Sharply Lower on an Improving Cocoa Production Outlook

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Monday closed down -322 (-4.01%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed down -187 (-2.87%). Cocoa prices fell sharply on Monday, with NY cocoa posting a 1-week low. An improving outlook for the next cocoa season in West Africa is weighing...

Cocoa Prices Retreat on an Improving Cocoa Production Outlook

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -253 (-3.15%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -187 (-2.87%). Cocoa prices today are sharply lower, with NY cocoa falling to a 1-week low. An improving outlook for the next cocoa season in West Africa is weighing...

Cocoa Prices Post Sharp Losses on Ideal Crop Conditions in West Africa

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Friday closed down -379 (-4.70%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed down -285 (-4.30%). Cocoa prices on Friday gave up an early advance and turned sharply lower, thanks to improved growing conditions in West Africa that could boost cocoa yields....

Cocoa Prices Sharply Lower on Ideal Crop Conditions in West Africa

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -380 (-4.71%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -258 (-3.90%). Cocoa prices today gave up an early advance and turned sharply lower on improved growing conditions in West Africa that could boost cocoa yields. Forecaster Maxar Technologies...

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Cocoa Prices Settle Lower on Beneficial Weather in West Africa

Cocoa Prices Settle Lower on Beneficial Weather in West Africa

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Wednesday closed down -81 (-1.03%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed down -200 (-3.07%). Cocoa prices Wednesday dropped to 1-week lows and closed moderately lower. Improved growing conditions in West Africa that could boost cocoa yields are weighing on prices....

Cocoa Prices Pressured by Good Weather in West Africa

Cocoa Prices Pressured by Good Weather in West Africa

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -62 (-0.79%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -182 (-2.79%). Cocoa prices today fell to 1-week lows and are moderately lower. Improved growing conditions in West Africa that could boost cocoa yields are weighing on prices. Forecaster...

Interpol arrests 300 people in a global crackdown on West African crime groups across 5 continents

Interpol arrests 300 people in a global crackdown on West African crime groups across 5 continents

Interpol has announced the outcome of a global operation targeting West African organized crime groups across five continents in 21 countries

The Independent UK

Cocoa Prices Finish Sharply Lower on Improved Growing Conditions in West Africa

Cocoa Prices Finish Sharply Lower on Improved Growing Conditions in West Africa

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Tuesday closed down -751 (-8.74%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed down -519 (-7.37%). Cocoa prices plunged Tuesday and settled sharply lower as beneficial growing conditions in West Africa have improved the prospects for the cocoa crop. Forecaster Maxar Technologies...

Cocoa Prices Plunge on Beneficial Growing Conditions in West Africa

Cocoa Prices Plunge on Beneficial Growing Conditions in West Africa

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -734 (-8.54%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -492 (-6.99%). Cocoa prices today are sharply lower as beneficial growing conditions in West Africa raise expectations for cocoa crop prospects. Forecaster Maxar Technologies said showers are expected to...

Terrorism and organized crime rampant in Sahel and spilling into West Africa coastal states, UN says

Terrorism and organized crime rampant in Sahel and spilling into West Africa coastal states, UN says

A U.N. envoy says terrorism and organized crime by violent extremist groups linked to al-Qaida and the Islamic State are a “pervasive threat" in Africa’s volatile Sahel region

The Independent UK

West Africa is changing: five essential reads on breakaways from Ecowas

West Africa is changing: five essential reads on breakaways from Ecowas

The Economic Community of West African States (Ecowas) has been in the news lately – mostly for the wrong reasons.

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New Sahel Bloc Leaves West Africa More Divided Than Ever

The creation of a Sahel confederation on Saturday plunged West Africa into an unprecedented crisis that could threaten the free movement of people and goods in the region.

Cocoa Prices Close Lower on Improved Weather Conditions in West Africa

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) on Monday closed down -145 (-1.85%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) closed down -154 (-2.35%). Cocoa prices Monday retreated as improved weather conditions in West Africa should boost the region's cocoa yields and is negative for prices. Cocoa farmers in the...

Cocoa Prices Slip on Improved Weather Conditions in West Africa

September ICE NY cocoa (CCU24 ) today is down -3 (-0.04%), and September ICE London cocoa #7 (CAU24 ) is down -142 (-2.17%). Cocoa prices today are under pressure. Improved weather conditions in West Africa should boost the region's cocoa yields and is negative for prices. Cocoa farmers in the...

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A weakened West Africa bloc asks Senegalese leader to try to convince breakaway states to return

West Africa’s divided regional bloc has asked Senegal’s President Basirou Diomaye Faye to have a dialogue with the three military junta-led member states to try to reunite the region whose stability has been under threat following their decision to leave the group in January

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West African leaders’ summit opens as coup-hit countries form alliance

The formation of Sahel alliance by Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger overshadows ECOWAS summit, set to open in Abuja.

International Business Times

Sahel Military Chiefs Mark Divorce From West Africa Bloc

The military regimes of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso marked their divorce from the rest of West Africa Saturday as they signed a treaty setting up a confederation between them.

The Independent UK

Military leaders of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso rule out returning to the regional block ECOWAS

The coup-hit nations of Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso have ruled out returning to the West Africa regional bloc whose division could further jeopardize regional efforts to revert coups and curb the violence spreading across the region

The Independent UK

US says troops are leaving Niger bases this weekend and in August after coup

The U.S. military commander in Niger says all American forces and equipment will leave a small base in the West African country this weekend and fewer than 500 remaining troops will be out of a critical drone base in August

The Conversation

Nigeria’s migration policy: lots of laws but no coherence and poor implementation

Nigeria’s migration policies are extensive on paper. Designed to address both emigration and immigration, they reflect the country’s role as a migration hub in west Africa.

Can Senegal’s Faye play peacemaker and help a splintered West Africa bloc?

Experts say ECOWAS’s tensions with Niger, Mali and Burkina Faso could roll back years of regional diplomacy.

40 Killed In Mali Village Attack By Unidentified Armed Men

Tragic attack in Mali's Mopti region highlights ongoing violence and instability in the central Sahel region of West Africa.

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