# Up to 20 years in jail proposed for repurposing Ghana’s cocoa land

https://mins.news/en/video/13348

- France 24 English, 2026-08-04 20:13 UTC
- Society
- Original: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F6f1PIzuz_w

> Ghana’s parliament is tightening restrictions on the sale or repurposing of land used to grow cocoa, the country’s most important crop. Violations could carry prison terms of up to 20 years. In the Democratic Republic of the Congo, authorities are preparing to open the largest Ebola treatment facility the country has ever had. Meanwhile, a deeply moving Rwandan film is helping energise the country’s cinema scene.

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