Jean Mari Konan Yao says he’s struggling as a cocoa farmer in the West African nation of Ivory Coast, which produces almost half the world’s cocoa supply of the raw ingredient used in chocolate.

Ivory Coast, the world’s leading cocoa producer, is among the African nations hit hardest by the new US tariffs, with rates expected to climb as high as 21%. “We have time with our American ...

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

N'GATTAKRO, Ivory Coast (AP) — Jean Mari Konan Yao says he's struggling as a cocoa farmer in the west African nation of Ivory Coast, which produces almost half the world’s cocoa supply of the ...