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Côte d’Ivoire, Ghana cocoa growers step up fight to improve farmers’ pay

Although Côte d’Ivoire is the world’s top cocoa producing country, accounting for around 45% of the global cocoa beans production, the country receives just 4% of the chocolate industry’s estimated annual returns worth $100bn. Being on the “front lines of the climate crisis,” cocoa farmers in the region harvests suffer, so do their livelihoods, according […]

Africa’s largest University Hospital to open in Morocco’s Tangier

Tangier is preparing for the opening of a university hospital with a capacity of 865 beds, the largest in the African continent. The hospital, worth 1.3 billion dirhams ($130 million), will help alleviate pressure on the northern regions hospitals. Already 93% of works are completed, auguring well for Tangier, which has been one of the […]

Egypt’s foreign reserves hit record high of $50.07 billion in October

The Central Bank of Egypt (CBE) announced on Sunday that the country’s net international reserves reached a historic 50.07 billion U.S. dollars by the end of October, up from 49.53 billion dollars in September. This marks the highest level of foreign reserves in Egypt’s history, reflecting the impact of ongoing financial reforms and a resurgence […]