Unlike her ex-husband Laurent Gbagbo, who served as president from 2000 to 2010 and is barred from running, Simone Gbagbo is ...

As Ivory Coast’s Oct. 25 presidential election approaches, many young people here say they are cynical about the possibility ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

Central African CFA franc (XAF) United Arab Emirates Dirham (AED) 1 XAF to AED = 0.0066 XAF AED on 30/09/2025 Central African CFA franc (XAF) Albanian Lek (ALL) 1 XAF to ALL = 0.1475 XAF ALL on ...

An Ivorian newspaper showing the five presidential candidates on the ballot for the next election (From L to R): Alassane Ouattara, Simone Ehivet Gbagbo, Ahoua Don ...

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The Nigeria Customs Service, Federal Operations Unit Zone A, has handed over undeclared $20,000 and 110,000 West African CFA Francs to officers of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission.

On May 3, 2025, Bamako, the capital of Mali, hosted a conference of pan-Africanists, ANTI-CFA FRONT, organised by the non-governmental organisation, Urgences Panafricanistes. The event brought ...

In West Africa, a growing wave of protests against the use of the CFA franc is gaining momentum, with artists leading the charge through powerful visual statements. This currency, a relic of the ...

In November 2004 a bloody intervention by the French military in former colony Ivory Coast cost the lives of a number of citizens and left many more injured. Twenty years later, these casualties of ...

At no point in history has the CFA franc – the name of a colonial currency used in west and central African countries belonging to the franc zone – been closer to its demise. Senegal has ...