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The Race To Make Cocoa More Sustainable
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By Elizabeth Kah Nange BAUCHI, NIGERIA: On December 12, 2007, amidst the smoke and chaos of a horrifying inter-religious clash between Muslims and Christians in Yelwa Kagadama community, Bauchi State, Hussein Yahaya, 43, recalled being instructed by his father to stay at home with the family. Despite the warning, Yahaya...
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