Rising temperatures and shifting rainfall patterns in West Africa, which supplies around 70% of the world's cacao, are ...

Gris-gris are rooted in traditional African faiths that believe vital powers in animals and nature may be unlocked — to harm, ...

An ancient trading post known for housing some of West Africa's most historically significant manuscripts could soon be ...

Prices of cocoa surged by 136% between July 2022 and February 2024, and climate extremes in West Africa’s cocoa belt, which produces 70% of the world’s cocoa, are partly to blame.

A man dries a big pile of cocoa beans Emmanuel Essah-Mensah, a cocoa grower in Ghana, described climate change as one of the ...

Climate change drove weeks of crop-withering temperatures last year in the West African countries that underpin the world's ...

Rising cocoa prices, driven by climate change, are reshaping Valentine’s Day chocolates. Extreme heat and erratic rainfall in ...

Extreme temperatures hit cocoa supplies as vulnerable farmers struggle to adapt to climate impacts in time for Valentine's ...

By Sandra Agyeiwaa OTOODeutsche Gesellschaft für internationale Zusammenarbeit (GIZ) GmbH has hosted a masterclass training on climate change reporting for over 20 journalists in Accra.Under the theme ...

Money can’t buy you love — or as much cocoa as it used to, with adverse weather denting West African crops and chocolatiers ...

Climate change is substantially affecting cocoa production in a region of Africa that accounts for more than 70% of global ...

Farmers in the region have struggled with heat, disease and unusual rainfall in recent years. Read more at straitstimes.com.