A worker in blue overalls dozes on bags of cocoa, the chocolate scent of fermented beans lingering in the air.
His sleep is unlikely to be disturbed any time soon. A ban on cocoa exports from Ivory Coast means the five tonnes of cocoa in this humid shed in the busy market town of N’douci could fester for weeks or even months.
In late January Alassane Ouattara, the internationally recognised winner of a disputed presidential election, banned cocoa exports for one month. This, together with tough European Union sanctions on the country’s ports, has brought the cocoa trade in the world’s biggest producer of the beans to a halt.
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