On 11 February 2024, the head of Niger's ruling military junta, General Abdourahmane Tiani, spoke of the possible creation of a common currency with Burkina Faso and Mali. "The currency is a first ...

Eight members of UEMOA – Benin, Burkina Faso, Ivory Coast, Guinea-Bissau, Mali, Niger, Senegal and Togo – still use the CFA. An equivalent currency, the Central African franc (also called ...

Traoré has described the CFA franc as a mechanism that “maintains Africa in slavery,” and has announced his intention to create a new currency. Along with Mali and Niger, Burkina Faso has ...

Burkina Faso does envision other purposes for its ... remains as the region’s currency. France requires the various countries to deposit 50% of their currency reserves in the French treasury.

(MENAFN- The Conversation) On 11 February 2024, the head of Niger's ruling military junta, General Abdourahmane Tiani, spoke of the possible creation of a common currency with Burkina Faso and Mali.

Thierno Thioune has received funding from the Agence Universitaire de la Francophonie (AUF) and the Romanian Government for the "Eugen Ionescu" doctoral programme at the University "Dunarea De Jos ...