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Chad, France and Africa

France on the back foot in Africa after Chadian snub

A French plan to significantly reduce its military presence in West and central Africa risks backfiring and further diminishing the former colonial power's influence in the region at a time when Russia is gaining ground.

The New York Times · 12h

France Loses its Longtime Military Partner in Africa, Chad

The decision by Chad is another blow to what remained of France’s military influence in the troubled stretch of countries below the Sahara, where Russia’s influence has been growing.

U.S. News & World Report · 1d

Chad Ends Defence Cooperation Agreement With France

Chad's government has terminated a revised 2019 defence cooperation agreement with France, a statement by its foreign ministry said Thursday. The statement said the central African nation, a key Western ally in the fight against jihadists in the region,

West Africa, cocoa and Chocolate prices

NBC News · 1d

Chocolate prices rise as climate change threatens cocoa harvest in West Africa

Chocolate prices are on the rise this holiday season, in part because climate change is threatening the cocoa harvest in West Africa, the largest region for cocoa production in the world. For consumers buying chocolate in the U.

Barchart on MSN · 17h

Cocoa Prices Jump on Uncertainty Over West Africa's Cocoa Crops

March ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) today is up +340 (+3.75%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) is up +105 (+1.38%). Cocoa prices today are moving higher, with Mar NY and London cocoa posting contract highs and Dec London cocoa posting a 4-1/2 month nearest-futures high.

Climate Crisis 247 on MSN · 21h

Chocolate Prices Surge As Climate Change Hits Cocoa Crops In West Africa

Douglas McIntyre, editor-in-chief at Climate Crisis 24/7, discusses rising cocoa prices driven by climate change impacts in West Africa, where drought and floods have damaged crops. In addition, he highlights the tough choices facing chocolate companies like Hershey as they weigh raising prices or reducing portion sizes to manage higher costs,

16hon MSN

For the first time, France's Macron calls 1944 killings of West African troops by French a massacre

France's President Emmanuel Macron has for the first time recognized the killing of West African soldiers by the French Army ...

AllAfrica.com22h

West Africa: Chad Cuts Military Ties With France As Alliances Shift Across the Sahel

Chad has ended its defence cooperation pact with France - a move that could see French troops leave the country as the former ...

23hon MSN

West Africa: Gabon's Coup Leaders Have Changed the Constitution to Entrench Their Power - It's a Growing Trend in West Africa

Analysis - More than a year after a military coup, Gabonese citizens have held a referendum in which they approved a new draft constitution. The constitutional revisions targeted dynastic rule by ...

Yen on MSN21h

University of Ghana ranked first in Ghana and West Africa and fifth in Sub-Saharan Africa

The University of Ghana (UG) has been ranked number one in Ghana and West Africa and fifth in Sub-Saharan Africa by the 2024 ...

2don MSN

Clothing castoffs from the West are piling up and polluting Africa's environment

Secondhand clothes from the West increasingly end up in the waterways and garbage dumps of many African countries, ...

3don MSN

Terrorism is spreading in west Africa – local and international collaboration is needed to fight the threat

Despite the fracture within Ecowas and animosity with western partners, regional and international collaboration is needed to ...

17h

Orange Partners With OpenAI To Make LLMs More Inclusive In Africa

Orange, the French telecommunications company, took a big step towards inclusive access to AI Large Language Models.

The Star3dOpinion

VERONICA USACHEVA: How the West manipulates Africa through neocolonial media

The media is a powerful weapon – it shapes public opinion, forms a specific worldview, and helps people identify their place ...

Upstream18h

Kosmos fails with closely-watched West Africa exploration well

Kosmos Energy has failed to discover commercial hydrocarbons with its closely-watched Akeng Deep exploration offshore ...

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