Maroc Telecom reports flat first-half profit RABAT, July 22 (Reuters) - Maroc Telecom, Morocco's
largest telecoms operator, on Monday reported a profit of 3
billion dirhams ($312.8 mln) in the first half of the year, up
0.7 % compared with the same period last year.
Mon, 22 Jul 2019 16:15:50 +0000 More rain and sun needed ahead of Ivory Coast main cocoa crop, say farmers ABIDJAN, July 22 (Reuters) - Rains were below average last
week in most of Ivory Coast’s cocoa growing regions and more sun
was needed for the main October-to-March main crop to develop
well, farmers said on Monday.
Mon, 22 Jul 2019 13:46:07 +0000 Athletics-Unstoppable Fraser-Pryce blazes to 100m glory in London LONDON, July 21 (Reuters) - Shelly-Ann Fraser-Pryce produced a superb display to outclass local favourite Dina Asher-Smith and Ivory Coast's Marie-Josee Ta Lou as she won the women's 100 metres in 10.78 seconds at the London Diamond League on Sunday.
Sun, 21 Jul 2019 17:01:31 +0000 Ivory Coast sells 1.6 mln T of cocoa export contracts by July 12 - CCC sources ABIDJAN, July 18 (Reuters) - * Ivory Coast's Coffee and
Cocoa Council (CCC) has sold 1.6 million tonnes of cocoa export
contracts by July 12 for the 2019/20 season, which begins in
October, two sources at the industry regulator said on Thursday.
* Forward sales will now be halted because of uncertainty about
the size of the next crop, the source said. Ivory Coast had sold
1.7 million tonnes of cocoa by the end of September last year.
* Ivory Coast is expected to produce 2.2 million tonnes of coc
Thu, 18 Jul 2019 14:47:05 +0000 London July cocoa expiry sees 5,690 tonnes tendered LONDON, July 17 (Reuters) - A total of 5,690 tonnes of
Cameroonian cocoa was tendered against the ICE July London cocoa
contract, exchange data showed on Wednesday.
Sun, 19 Nov 2017 11:29:01 +0000 Fall Armyworms Are Ravaging Crops in Many African Countries "They've finished eating the wild plants and are now going into the villages where there is more vegetation. They eat everything in their path. All plant life is at risk."
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West African French-speaking country -bordered by Liberia, Guinea, Mali, Burkina Faso, Ghana and Gulf of Guinea -world's biggest producer of cacao -In 2009, the country's population was estimated at over 20 million.
Tue, 15 Jan 2019 11:42:15 GMT Teaching Children Regardless of Grade Educators in a remote valley in India devised a community approach to instructing students when teachers were sparse. It’s catching on.
Fri, 30 Nov 2018 16:52:45 GMT A Taste of Ivory Coast in Brooklyn Cheick Cisse, the owner of New Ivoire in Harlem, opened Paradis des Gouts hoping to share the food of his childhood with those outside his immigrant community.
Thu, 25 Jan 2018 19:34:55 GMT Women Finding Empowerment in ‘A World of Smoke’ In an impoverished port city in the Ivory Coast, women formed a cooperative to eke out a living making charcoal from the castoffs of sawmills and workshops.
