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Top Hamas leader arrives in Cairo for talks on the war in Gaza in another sign of group's resilience
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Top Hamas leader arrives in Cairo for talks on the war in Gaza in another sign of group's resilience
Top Hamas leader arrives in Cairo for talks on the war in Gaza in another sign of group's 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 harvesting cocoa beans where that work is banned in conservation areas of Omo Forest Reserve, a protecte...
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 […]