Joe Bavier

@Reuters Africa Business Correspondent based in Joburg. Views here are mine alone. Get in touch! [email protected]

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Trump's image of dead 'white farmers' came from Reuters footage in Congo, not South Africa https://t.co/gLqPueDA2i

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🔊 ' Paul Kagame Rwanda's president, is taking advantage of a special moment.' Listen to @JoeBavier on the Reuters World News podcast as Congo's M23 rebels take control of Goma airport https://t.co/gvo9gaU6FA

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Congo fighting: Rwanda-backed M23's deja-vu rise harder to stop this time https://t.co/HOMOp5LouR

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European cocaine kingpin has high level protection in Sierra Leone-sources - https://t.co/m9EdAhlvVw

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Behind a record surge in cocoa prices this year, a corner of financial markets that drives the cost of chocolate underwent a seismic shift: the hedge funds that oiled its workings headed for the exit. More here: https://t.co/IicTba8wvO

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🔊A supply shock in West African cocoa has sent prices soaring. But the way nations like Ghana use the futures market to fund their cocoa industry actually sent prices even higher. Listen on this week’s Reuters Econ World podcast https://t.co/kSHANAkXe1

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🔊🍫 As cocoa production in West Africa struggles, high prices are creating new production opportunities in places like Latin America. @JoeBavier, @tx_marcelo and @ReutersAngelM talk chocolate with @cwalljasper on this week’s Reuters Econ World podcast https://t.co/WcH7xOFwXh

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Climate change is making cocoa-growing seasons more erratic. Illegal mining in West Africa and cocoa smuggling are more common. @JoeBavier, @tx_marcelo and @ReutersAngelM join @cwalljasper to discuss cocoa woes on this week’s Reuters Econ World podcast https://t.co/yzu7UDsMkq

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🔊🍫 Cocoa futures have been on a wild ride in the last year, as West African producers face supply shocks. Listen in on this week’s Reuters Econ World podcast https://t.co/RIzZ037RqU

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For Ghana's cocoa farmers, fertiliser is the vote winner in looming election https://t.co/stt4fPSUqU

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Thanks @JoeBavier for the quotes in your article on #Ghana's #cocoa season. Uncertainty over this season's crop has driven prices back up to GBP 8,000 per tonne, with the international exporters doing brisk business while the local processors struggle https://t.co/qx1DoTx4ud

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Cocoa firms pour money into Ghana in bid to avert more losses https://t.co/M662MpHmNF

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Nobel Prize 2024 live updates: Medicine award to be announced https://t.co/RtLwqIRiYd

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Russia's Wagner says it took losses in heavy fighting against rebels in Mali https://t.co/v8Qx4IcGzz

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Kenyan activists call for more protests as govt pledges austerity https://t.co/H6xM3vpnxE

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@MPopowskiEU, head of European Civil Protection and Humanitarian Aid Operations @eu_echo, speaking at a @UNOCHA event in New York.

Here’s the @Reuters scoop he references while talking about how the problem of aid misuse was addressed in Somalia: https://t.co/SVlQ8qFS4k

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Kenya's youth-led protest movement leaves Ruto fumbling for a response https://t.co/6rdTlTIuhb

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Kenyans hit the streets to protest as Kenyan lawmakers are expected to meet and vote on proposed changes to the proposed 2024 finance law. The draft law has met public outcry.

#Kenya #protest #financebill #tax #live #Reuters #News https://t.co/lDsOcPwdJV

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South Africa's DA party suspends MP after old videos of anti-Black remarks resurface - https://t.co/OvmTmLoRSf