This chart shows the world's main cocoa bean producing and importing countries in 2024/2025 (in 1,000 tonnes).

Cocoa has long provided a lifeline there but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years.

Cocoa exports make up betwenn 15 and 20% of Ivory Coast's GDP. The effects of the new tariffs, imposed by US president Donald Trump, have many cocoa farmers worried that they might not be able to sell ...

Despite only being the 11th largest city in Africa, Addis Ababa has been labelled the continent's capital thanks to its historical, diplomatic, and political significance. To this day, the city ...

More Vida store launches are planned over the coming months. South Africa grows and roasts the world’s ‘rarest coffee bean’ In related news, a coffee variety that is considered to be one of ...

Arts Unveiled looks at a dark chapter on the African continent. We meet artists who keep the memory of the trauma alive in their countries.

the head of the US Africa Command, has laid out the case for maintaining troops on the continent. General Michael E Langley says USAFRICOM engagement in Africa is crucial for countering threats to ...

This daytime cafe offers a more chilled-out experience, where patrons are invited to kick back with a coffee — brewed with beans by Mount Waverley roaster Inglewood — as a revolving line-up of local ...

So far, the African continent has been largely unaffected. The question ahead of 2 April, Trump’s “liberation day”, when he unveils his tariff plans, will we still be so relaxed? We think ...

The Office of the Deputy President, Paul Mashatile, has announced the appointment of Gadija Brown, the former MEC ... AllAfrica is a voice of, by and about Africa - aggregating, producing and ...

Russia has increasingly focused on bolstering its energy partnerships with African nations, signaling a broader strategy to boost its geopolitical influence across the continent. Recent ...