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Bean disease decimates harvest in Ghana’s key cocoa farming region

The International Cocoa Organization (ICCO) warned of a bean disease that has infected 81% of the cocoa harvest in Western North, Ghana’s third largest cocoa producing region. The news came as Ghana, the second largest cocoa producer, reported a below average harvest this year at 429,323 tons, as climate change induced heat waves adds to […]

Morocco publishes amendments to criminal procedure code, set to take effect in December

Morocco has officially published a new law amending and supplementing its Code of Criminal Procedure, marking a significant step in the country’s ongoing judicial reform agenda. The law was published in the Official Bulletin No. 7437 on September 8 and will come into force three months later, in December 2025. The legislative update introduces several […]

Central African Republic: Questions mount over Russian fuel donation

A political storm is brewing in the Central African Republic over 30,000 tons of Russian diesel that seems to have vanished into thin air. The Republican Bloc for the Defense of the Constitution has thrown down the gauntlet, demanding answers about a fuel donation that exists more in whispers than in official ledgers. Martin Ziguélé, […]