At a press conference in the Ivory Coast city of Abidjan on Saturday evening, President Emmanuel Macron and his Ivorian counterpart Alassane Ouattara announced a “historic reform” of the CFA franc, the currency used by 14 West African states and created at the end of World War II, and its replacement next year by what will be called the “Eco”.
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