I.Coast strongman orders state control of cocoa
Ivory Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Monday ordered his government to take control over the country’s key cocoa sector, so far dominated by multinational companies.
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I.Coast strongman orders state control of cocoa
ABIDJAN – IVORY Coast strongman Laurent Gbagbo on Monday ordered his government to take control over the country’s key cocoa sector, so far dominated by multinational companies. ‘The purchase of coffee and cocoa from producers and groups of producers will be undertaken exclusively by the state throughout’ Ivory Coast, said a decree read out on public television.
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Ivory Coast nationalizes coffee, cocoa
Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, who is fighting to keep a political title the United Nations says isn’t his, on Monday nationalized the nation’s two main cash crops, coffee and cocoa, according to state-run television.
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