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Congo cocoa — a blessing and curse

Jonas Gerding
June 5, 2025

For many years, Congolese militia ADF was targeting cocoa fields to fund its fight. But after a joint operation between Congolese and Ugandan troops pushed ADF rebels out of a fertile area near Beni, cocoa again provides an alternative means of livelihood.

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