Victims paid as much as $9,000 to supposed recruiters who trafficked them to Abidjan, Ivory Coast, where they were held under physical coercion.

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N'Gattakro, Ivory Coast — Jean Mari Konan Yao says he's struggling as a cocoa farmer in the west African nation of Ivory Coast, which produces almost half the world’s cocoa supply of the raw ...

Now, cocoa farmers worry even more over President Donald Trump’s plans to impose a 21% tariff on products from Ivory Coast — the highest among West African nations. Although Trump has ...

Cocoa has long provided a lifeline in Ivory Coast but adverse weather and plant diseases have hurt harvests in recent years. N'GATTAKRO, Ivory Coast (AP) — Jean Mari Konan Yao says he's ...