Côte d'Ivoire and Ghana produce two-thirds of the world's cocoa, the tropical crop behind all chocolate, making West African harvests a global commodity price signal.
West African coastal republic regarded as sub-Saharan Africa's most durable democracy, now under fiscal stress from hidden debts and a constitutional power struggle between President Faye and former ally Ousmane Sonko.
With debt near 132% of GDP and ~$13bn in undisclosed borrowing, Dakar resists an IMF-pushed restructuring after PM Sonko's ouster
An official June advisory, with a 63% chance of a very strong event, pushes traders to front-run dry-season risk in West Africa and Southeast Asia