Saturday, 30 March 2024

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Recent News
  • FEATURE-Sardine-tin lamps and wooden fridges: Meet Central African Republic's ...

    14:52 | 7/2/18
    Reuters
    BANGUI, Feb 7 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - The discarded sardine tins, used mayonnaise jars and old tomato cans jumbled together on Kouassi Bafounga's front porch look like a pile of trash someone forgot to throw out. more»
  • Central African Republic: Thousands displaced by fighting north of Paoua

    01:22 | 9/1/18
    Médecins Sans Frontières (MSF) International
    Josianne borrowed 12,000 francs CFA (18 euros) from a goat trader so that she and her children could seek refuge with her older sister who lives in Paoua. more»
  • Central Africa: MFI's activity decreases

    04:56 | 19/12/17
    Journalducameroun.com - English -
    Activities of Microfinance Institutions (MFIs) in countries of the Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC) decreased in recent months, the Central African Banking Commission (COBAC) said on Monday.The figures for the first quarters of ... more»
  • S&P sees weak outlook for CFA Franc zones currencies

    13:56 | 7/12/17
    New Telegraph Newspaper
    A study by Standard and Poor's (S&P) global ratings published yesterday has shown that the two monetary unions in Africa using the CFA franc are facing stiff scrutiny of the long-term sustainability of their currencies, which are pegged to the euro ... more»
  • Standard & Poor's Global Rating rules out possibility of devaluing the CFA ...

    01:00 | 7/12/17
    africanews
    ... of currency devaluation were to occur, the Republic of Congo in Central Africa would be the most exposed to serious macroeconomic challenges. more»
  • Central African CFA Franc will not be devalued-BEAC official

    21:22 | 8/9/17
    Journalducameroun.com - English - (registration)
    Abbas Mahamat Tolli, governor of the Bank of Central African States, BEAC, has debunked rumors that the Central African CFA Franc will be devalued soon. Mahamat Tolli told pressmen in Yaounde on Tuesday July 11 that the value of the currency issued by ... more»
  • African protests over the CFA 'colonial currency'

    03:13 | 31/8/17
    BBC News
    Kemi Seba was arrested last week following a complaint by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO). The CFA is a colonial-era currency that is still used in several former French colonies in Africa. ... The CFA franc was created by France in the ... more»
  • 12 Cheapest Currencies in the World in 2017

    08:48 | 26/8/17
    Stock Review
    The third currency is Guinean Franc. 1 USD = 9,018.04 GNF. First Guinean franc was issued in 1959, when it replaced the CFA franc which is short for West African CFA Franc and Central African CFA Franc - two currencies that were used in Africa, but ... more»
  • France's colonial legacy in Africa

    01:07 | 20/8/17
    South African Broadcasting Corporation
    The CFA franc, was created in 1945, and is the common currency of 14 countries in West and Central Africa, of which 12 are former French colonies. more»
  • Macron blames 'civilization' for Africa's problems. France should acknowledge ...

    09:11 | 15/7/17
    Washington Post
    One of the more controversial features of French-African relations is the CFA franc, the common currency of 14 former French colonies in West and Central Africa, which was created in 1945. The CFA franc (“CFA” stands for the French version of ... more»
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