Togo parliament adopts WAEMU law against currency counterfeiting Bill defines offences including reproduction, possession and circulation of fake notes Law strengthens BCEAO role in coordinating ...

Mr Fonbaustier said these benefits contribute to the decision of some Francophone countries, including members of the AES, who are “bullish on colonialism” to continue using the CFA.

CNN — 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 ...

West African CFA franc (XOF) United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) 1 XOF to AED = 0.0066 XOF AED on 19/02/2026 West African CFA franc (XOF) Albanian Lek (ALL) 1 XOF to ALL = 0.1468 XOF ALL on 19/02/2026 ...

In the inner circles of West African sovereigntists, it is fashionable to vilify the CFA franc. Indeed, the currency of France’s former African colonies, born in the aftermath of the Second World War, ...

The reform comes as Senegal grapples with mounting fiscal challenges. Public debt climbed to 132 percent of gross domestic ...

DAKAR, March 5 (Reuters) - Rapid economic growth in West Africa's CFA-franc zone will keep debt loads manageable despite a recent wave of heavy borrowing by governments, the governor of the regional ...

Welcome to the 2026 XOF XAF history summary. This is the West African CFA franc (XOF) to Central African CFA franc (XAF) exchange rate history data page for the year of 2026, covering 64 days of XOF ...

DAKAR, March 6 (Reuters) - Senegal has announced a plan to close 19 government agencies which account for around 1,000 jobs, with officials in the debt-burdened country expecting the move to save at ...

The Open Society Foundations’ latest report, ‘Analysis of the Nexus between Democratic Governance and Economic Justice in Africa’, authored by Senegalese development economist Ndongo Samba Sylla, ...