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

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 ...

Now, cocoa farmers worry even more over President Donald Trump’s plans to impose a 21% tariff on products from Ivory Coast — the highest among West African nations. Although Trump has ...

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 ...