Would Senegal already be in default if it did not benefit from the protection of the CFA franc and its regional financial ...
Créée en 1939, la Zone Franc regroupe désormais quatorze Etats d’Afrique Centrale et de l’Ouest regroupés en deux zones d’intégration (CEMAC et UEMOA). Ces pays utilisent en commun le franc CFA même ...
L’économiste français Ilyes Zouari a accepté que nous donnions une plus large audience à la réflexion qu’il a récemment produite en réponse à la question lancinante et répétée : à quoi sert le franc ...
Supporters of the CFA franc have a guilty conscience. They know full well that none of the arguments in favour of this monetary system can match the emotional power of the objections it elicits: the ...
Venezuela’s economy has been roiled by U.S. sanctions targeting the regime of Nicolás Maduro. Despite Mr. Maduro’s efforts to ease the sanctions' bite, the country was forced to sell another $1 ...
JOHANNESBURG/NIAMEY, Feb 13 (Reuters) - Days after Burkina Faso, Mali and Niger announced last month they were quitting the West Africa political union ECOWAS, Burkina Faso's military ruler Ibrahim ...
Cheikh Ahmed Bamba Diagne is a teacher-scientist and scientific director of the Economic and Monetary Research Laboratory of the University Cheikh Anta DIOP Dakar Senegal (LAREM / UCAD) Lorsque les ...
The Regional Securities Exchange BRVM entered 2026 after an exceptional year in 2025, during which market capitalization posted record gains. The year has begun, however, with a sharp slowdown in ...
West African CFA franc (XOF) United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) 1 XOF to AED = 0.0058 XOF AED on 04/01/2025 West African CFA franc (XOF) Albanian Lek (ALL) 1 XOF to ALL = 0.1495 XOF ALL on 04/01/2025 ...
Central African CFA franc (XAF) United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) 1 XAF to AED = 0.0063 XAF AED on 03/05/2019 Central African CFA franc (XAF) Albanian Lek (ALL) 1 XAF to ALL = 0.1887 XAF ALL on ...
A revamped common currency in West Africa known as the ECO will be launched in 2020, according to French President Emmanuel Macron. The ECO is supposed to replace the CFA franc which is currently ...