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Cashews the economic heart of Guinea-Bissau

PASCAL FLETCHER

Reuters

BISSAUZINHO, Guinea-Bissau — The next time you grab a handful of cashew nuts at a party, think that you may be holding the economic heartbeat of one tiny West African state in the palm of your hand. Cashew nuts are the main export of Guinea-Bissau, a former Portuguese colony wedged between French-speaking Senegal and Guinea. Its 1.6 million people are ranked among the third poorest in the world in development terms by the United Nations.

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