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Top Hamas leader arrives in Cairo for talks on the war in Gaza in another sign of groups resilience

Top Hamas leader arrives in Cairo for talks on the war in Gaza in another sign of groups resilience

Men in dusty workwear trudge through a thicket, making their way up a hill where sprawling plantations lay tucked in a Nigerian rainforest whose trees have been hacked away to make room for cocoa bound for places like Europe and the U.S. Kehinde Kumayon and his assistant clear low bushes that compete for sunlight with their cocoa trees, which have replaced the lush and dense natural foliage. Over the course of two visits and several days, The Associated Press repeatedly documented farmers harv...

Hamas leader visits Cairo, a sign talks on another Gaza truce and hostage swap are gathering pace

Indulging in chocolate cravings may unwittingly contribute to the deforestation in Nigeria’s Omo Forest Reserve, a habitat for a dwindling population of critically endangered African forest elephants OMO FOREST RESERVE, NIGERIA (AP) – Deforestation driven by planting cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate, is whittling down Omo Forest Reserve, a protected rainforest in southwestern Nigeria […]

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Hamas leader visits Cairo, a sign talks on another Gaza truce and hostage swap are gathering pace

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Chocolate farmers are moving into protected areas of a forest reserve in Nigeria, harvesting its cocoa for some of the world’s largest suppliers. But chocolate makers say their sweets are responsibly sourced.

Cocoa from the conservation zone is purchased by some of the worlds largest cocoa traders, according to company and trade documents and AP interviews with more than 20 farmers, five licensed buying agents and two brokers all operating within the reserve.