Matters Of State - Under-reported Issues In World News & International Relations

Nearly 70% of the world’s cocoa comes from western Africa, in countries such as Ghana and the Ivory Coast. In order to fill the global demand for chocolate, thousands of small cocoa farms often rely on slavery and child labor. Children ranging in ages from 5-16 are sent by their families with promises of education... The post Human Rights and the Chocolate Industry appeared first on Matters of State - International Relations Podcast.