Rains were scarce in most of top grower Ivory Coast's main cocoa regions last week and more are needed to boost the April-to-September mid-crop, farmers said on Monday.

RABAT :Ivory Coast will begin the defence of their Africa Cup of Nations title against Mozambique, while hosts Morocco open the 2025 tournament against the Comoros Islands in Rabat on Dec. 21.

The 28-year-old, a member of Ivory Coast's team that won last year's Africa Cup of Nations, will be a designated player whose compensation and acquisition cost exceed the $743,750 salary budget charge maximum.

When Ivory Coast hosted the Africa Cup of Nations in 2024, leaders across the country saw it as an opportunity to develop the football industry for long-term growth. Now investors are focused on building the infrastructure to support and retain homegrown talent.

Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger accused a regional bloc known as ECOWAS of having double standards in punishing their military juntas. Negotiations failed to change their minds.

Ivory Coast will begin the defence of their Africa Cup of Nations title against Mozambique, while hosts Morocco open the 2025 tournament against the Comoros Islands in Rabat on Dec. 21.

Ivory Coast coach Emerse Fae is confident his team can become the first country since Egypt in 2008 to successfully defend the Africa Cup of Nations title.  "My country has been waiting since 1976 to win the Cup of Nations again.

Ivory Coast will begin the defence of their Africa Cup of Nations title against Mozambique, while hosts and World Cup semifinalists Morocco open the 2025 tournament against the Comoros Islands in Rabat on Dec.

The draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is made in Morocco where defending champions Ivory Coast will be in the same group as Cameroon

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The draw for the 2025 Africa Cup of Nations is made in Morocco where defending champions Ivory Coast will be in the same group as Cameroon