Guiglo, Ivory Coast, Jan 26, 2026 (AFP) - Ivory Coast cocoa growers rue 'curse of brown gold'

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2026-01-26

Laurent Kone's wattle-and-daub house, with its tarpaulin roof and no electricity, lies down a bumpy red-earth track in western Ivory Coast. For 30 years, he has been growing cocoa and is typical of the smallholders who have been the backbone in making the west African country the world's leading producer of the crop. But the country currently faces major difficulties in selling its cocoa, hit by a slowdown in exports amid buyers' liquidity proble......

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