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1. Cocoa beans rot in Ivory Coast after commodity crash

   In 2024, a surge in cocoa on international markets reached more than $12,000 per metric ton, the highest in decades. Then it crashed to around $4,000 as supply outstripped demand

2. Cocoa crash leaves West African farmers struggling despite global chocolate demand

   Cocoa farming supports an estimated six million farming families across West Africa, along with tens of millions more in related supply chain roles.

3. Strait of Hormuz crisis: War in the Middle East drives oil over $100

   Brent crude jumped 17 percent today to trade at $107 a barrel. That’s the highest level since 2022, when Russia’s invasion of Ukraine roiled global energy markets.

4. Kenya evacuates tourists as death toll from flooding rises

   At least 42 people have died, local media reported Monday. Most of the deaths occured in the capital, Nairobi

5. Mojtaba Khamenei: Iran's new supreme leader

   Mojtaba Khamenei, the son of late Iranian supreme leader Ali Khamenei who has been appointed as the new head of the Islamic republic, is a discreet figure who offers continuity of his father's hardline leadership