Ghana, Ivory Coast cocoa floor price seen as small step toward ending child labour
About 1.6 million children are estimated to work in cocoa production in Ivory Coast and Ghana, some for their parents and some trafficked from other countries
Top food firms spot supply-chain risks to forests in real time
A new website allows companies to track deforestation in their supply chains as it happens, with campaigners urging more effort to stop it
A sweet deal? Study shows higher cocoa prices could end child labour in Ghana
Ghana is the world's second largest cocoa grower, with more than 700,000 children producing the crop, often doing dangerous jobs on family farms
Road traffic charity paves way to safer cities for African children
Road traffic injuries are the leading cause of death for people aged 5-29 worldwide, and Africa has the highest rates per population, according to WHO
INTERVIEW-Stop calling migration a 'crisis', says Nobel laureate Ellen Johnson Sirleaf
Ellen Johnson Sirleaf said African and European countries must work together to regulate migration, not try to stop it.
Love in the time of climate change - the Valentine's traditions under threat
From rising seas to declining chocolate supplies, climate change poses a threat to many romantic traditions
Amid soaring violence, efforts to reinvigorate 'toothless' U.N. agreement on rights activists
At least 207 land and environment advocates were killed last year - the highest on record
Cocoa companies fail on pledge to stop Africa deforestation - report
If deforestation continues unabated, Ivory Coast - the world's top cocoa producer - risks losing all its forest cover by 2034
Major brands practise 'wilful ignorance' over child slaves - filmmaker
Top brands are failing to make sufficient efforts to root out child labour and trafficking from their often-complex supply chains
Young entrepreneurs lend glamour to African agriculture
Africa has the world's youngest population and 65 percent of its uncultivated arable land