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The situation this morning.
The situation this morning.

Visibility still a problem on East Bank Highway

Traffic Chief Senior Superintendent Mahendra Singh is urging motorists to use their ‘hazard’ lights, be cautious and drive at a moderate speed due to the ‘heavy fog/smoke’ affecting visibility along the Soesdyke/Linden Highway this morning.

Janet Gyamfi, 52, a cocoa farmer, cries at her home as she recounts the destruction of her cocoa plantation by illegal gold mining activities in the Samreboi community in the Western Region, Ghana, February 26, 2024. Surveying the stripped landscape of her farm - dotted with pools of cyanide-tainted, tea coloured waste water left by illegal gold miners - is enough to make Gyamfi break down. Only last year, the 27-hectare plot in western Ghana was covered with nearly 6,000 cocoa trees. Today, less than a dozen remain. "This farm was my only means of survival," the divorcee told Reuters, tears streaming down her cheeks. "I planned to pass it on to my children."        REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko        SEARCH "KOKOROKO GHANA COCOA" FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH "WIDER IMAGE" FOR ALL STORIES.
Janet Gyamfi, 52, a cocoa farmer, cries at her home as she recounts the destruction of her cocoa plantation by illegal gold mining activities in the Samreboi community in the Western Region, Ghana, February 26, 2024. Surveying the stripped landscape of her farm – dotted with pools of cyanide-tainted, tea coloured waste water left by illegal gold miners – is enough to make Gyamfi break down. Only last year, the 27-hectare plot in western Ghana was covered with nearly 6,000 cocoa trees. Today, less than a dozen remain. “This farm was my only means of survival,” the divorcee told Reuters, tears streaming down her cheeks. “I planned to pass it on to my children.” REUTERS/Francis Kokoroko SEARCH “KOKOROKO GHANA COCOA” FOR THIS STORY. SEARCH “WIDER IMAGE” FOR ALL STORIES.

Chocolate prices to keep rising as West Africa’s cocoa crisis deepens

SAMREBOI, Ghana,  (Reuters) – Surveying the stripped landscape of her farm – dotted with pools of cyanide-tainted, tea coloured waste water left by illegal gold miners – is enough to make Janet Gyamfi break down.

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