Hot Chocolate - How Cocoa Fuelled the Conflict in Côte dIvoire
- Publisher:
- Global Witness
- Publication Date:
- 8 June 2007
- Tags:
- Conflict, Peace and Security, Cote d'Ivoire, Agribusiness, Commodities, Trade
Côte dIvoire is the worlds biggest producer of cocoa, the main ingredient for chocolate. Yet few of the billions of consumers of chocolate around the world are aware of the role that the cocoa trade has played in the armed conflict and political crisis in Côte dIvoire in recent years.
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