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English-speaking ECOWAS countries reject rebranding of CFA currency

The Finance and Economy Ministers, as well as Governors of central banks of English-speaking West African countries on Thursday criticized a move to rename the CFA franc used by former French colonies, saying the move jarred with plans to introduce a region-wide currency of the same name. In December, The Ivorian President Alassane Ouattara announced […]

Ukraine-Russia war vindicates Morocco’s plan to foster sovereignty on all strategic fronts

The Russian invasion of Ukraine has disrupted commodities market sending prices skyrocketing at a context the world is struggling to recover from the repercussions of the Covid-19 pandemic. Morocco’s sovereign Mohammed VI had- prior to the outbreak of this war- urged the government to take concrete measures to foster Morocco’s self-sufficiency on the strategic areas […]

France’s Macron ‘resents’ Russia over its growing influence in Francophone Africa — Putin

Russian President Vladimir Putin has zoomed in on his French counterpart Emmanuel Macron and his vocal criticism of Moscow’s war on Ukraine, arguing that this “emotional reaction” by the French president is due to “resentment” at losing allies in Africa to the Kremlin. In an interview published on Wednesday (13 March), Putin said heightened Russian […]