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Mining is why your chocolate costs more

Many of Ghana's minerals can be found on land privately owned by cocoa farmers

Miners at work at a galamsey site in Kunsu, Ghana. For many groups, ASM is the most stable source of income. Photo: Delali Adogla-Bessa / Shutterstock

Miners at work at a galamsey site in Kunsu, Ghana. For many groups, ASM is the most stable source of income. Photo: Delali Adogla-Bessa / Shutterstock

In the UK, inflation is often colloquially measured by the price of a Freddo – a frog-shaped chocolate bar that is part of most British childhoods.  In the 2000s, you could get a Freddo for 10p, but...

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