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  • Final referendum results showed on Sunday that Icelandic voters have rejected a plan to restart accassion talks with the European Union.
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  • On Saturday, Palestinians in the occupied West Bank were attacked by masked Israeli settlers who trapped them in their homes and pelted rocks at them.
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  • In central Zimbabwe, a minibus carrying churchgoers crashed head-on with a truck, killing at least 27 people and injuring seven more.
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  • The "Yes" and "No" camps in Iceland's EU referendum are tied at 51.17% and 48.83%, respectively.

Tag: Ghana Cocoa Farmers

September 6, 2019

As Ghana Tries to Raise Incomes...

Ghana is famous for its cocoa, the main ingredient in chocolate. It supplies about 20 percent of the world’s market. This year, the government announced plans to raise cocoa incomes, but cocoa bean farms are being destroyed, with or without the farmers’ consent, as their landlords end their leases early, opting for other crops, development or mining

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