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Chocflation: Ghana mulls 100% cocoa price hike amid perfect storm of multiple crises

Ghana, the world’s second-largest cocoa producer, considers doubling farmgate price of the crop to combat smuggling amid a global shortage, as the country’s share of the whole sale market price shrinks to 16% from 44% in mid last year. The Ghana Cocoa Board and the country’s government are reportedly muling a significant increase — potentially […]

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Morocco looks to increase medical staff, lure foreign doctors to address shortage

Morocco will offer incentives to attract foreign doctors and increase the number of graduates from medicine faculties to address a shortage due to brain drain, the health minister said. Up to 1400 doctors trained in Moroccan universities leave the country, mostly to Europe, where many countries are vying to attract foreign medics, minister Khaled Ait […]