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            <title><![CDATA[IMF Sees Ivory Coast Growth Easing as Import Costs Drive Deficit]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Sat, 02 May 2026 10:41:53 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gabon Begins Audit of Public Loans to Establish Debt-Stock Total]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 28 Apr 2026 11:26:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ivory Coast Eyes Quarterly Price Reviews Amid Global Cocoa Crash]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 22 Apr 2026 16:26:36 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Congo Republic Taps Eurobond Market Second Time in Three Months]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 12 Feb 2026 08:52:22 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cocoa Traders Halt Ivorian Purchases as They Seek Lower Prices]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 11 Feb 2026 12:51:31 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Gabon Government In Talks With World Bank on $500 Million Loan]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 29 Jan 2026 11:43:24 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Crop Trader Sucden Shuts Cocoa Buying Center in Ivory Coast Port]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Wed, 24 Dec 2025 11:41:44 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ivorian Cocoa Regulator Mulls Buying Beans as Defaults Loom]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 15 Dec 2025 05:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cocoa Piles Up at Ivory Coast Ports as Buyers Face Cash Shortage]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Dec 2025 12:33:09 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Shipping Firm CMA CGM Says It Will Continue Services in Mali]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 07 Nov 2025 16:01:01 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ivory Coast Exporters Reject Cocoa Beans Over Poor Quality]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 17 Oct 2025 16:07:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Top Cocoa Grower Ivory Coast May Set 2025-26 Price Above Ghana]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 30 Sep 2025 13:15:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Cargill Halts Cocoa Processing in Ivory Coast Over Bean Quality]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 05 Sep 2025 16:30:16 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Another Weak Cocoa Crop in West Africa Will Keep Prices High]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 04 Aug 2025 06:00:00 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ivory Coast in Talks With StanChart, SocGen on €800 Million Loan]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:30:12 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ivory Coast, Eni Sign Exploration Deal for Offshore Oil Block]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Thu, 31 Jul 2025 09:13:04 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ivory Coast’s Octogenarian Leader to Seek Fourth Term in Office]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Tue, 29 Jul 2025 13:40:20 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[Ivory Coast Sees Oil Output Increasing More Than Fivefold by 2035]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Fri, 20 Jun 2025 16:58:59 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[High Cocoa Prices Drive Smuggling Surge, Alarming Traders]]></title>
            <description><![CDATA[Cocoa smuggled from the world’s largest producer, Ivory Coast, is leading to supply shortages and traceability concerns.]]></description>
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            <dc:creator><![CDATA[Mumbi Gitau]]></dc:creator>
            <pubDate>Tue, 17 Jun 2025 03:00:30 GMT</pubDate>
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            <title><![CDATA[West African Growers Hold Back Cocoa in Risky Bet on Price Gains]]></title>
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            <pubDate>Mon, 19 May 2025 11:46:09 GMT</pubDate>
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                <media:description>Workers unload sacks of cocoa beans at a rebagging facility in San-Pedro, Ivory Coast.</media:description>
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