Port officials in the Ivory Coast's largest city Abidjan on Monday insisted that a ship carrying 20,000 tonnes of potentially explosive ammonium nitrate moored in its outer harbour posed "no danger".
ICE NY cocoa (CCH25) today is up +130 (+1.16%), and March ICE London cocoa #7 (CAH25) is up +30 (+0.33%). Cocoa prices today are moving higher and posted 1-week highs on concern slowing Ivory Coast ...
French troops will soon begin departing Ivory Coast, raising questions about what France's military presence in West Africa will look like, and how Ivory Coast will fill the security void.