Colonialism began as a mercantilist enterprise, with companies establishing trading posts along the ocean coastlines in the warm waters of the tropics. They used whichever medium of exchange was most ...

When French President Emmanuel Macron holds talks with his Ivory Coast counterpart on Saturday (December 22), the future of the French-backed CFA franc currency will be under scrutiny. It's a lifeline ...

NATIONAL Front leader Marine Le Pen wants Europe to keep a single currency even if France votes to leave the Eurozone amid calls for an entirely new French currency. Speaking during a TV interview, ...

If you travel to France these days, you’ll be dealing in European currency rather than French currency. That’s been the case since 2000, when the country adopted the euro as its official currency.

West African countries are pushing ahead with the creation of a single currency, despite the inherent difficulties, and have set themselves a fifth deadline of July 2027. The push for a common ...

Luigi Di Maio, an Italian deputy prime minister, took aim at President Emmanuel Macron of France this week, laying the blame for migration, a deeply divisive issue in Italy, on Mr. Macron. Citing a ...

TheThe French authorities in Paris regularly insist they are open to reforms of the Franc Zone, which brings together the 14 African states and former colonies that share the CFA franc currency (see ...

The Abbot of Bazinham once computed that in the first thousand years after Charlemagne, French currency was devalued 40 times. In the 19th century, the gold franc was such a rock that the currencies ...

Emmanuel Macron has met with West African leaders to revamp the regional currency. The CFA Franc has been criticized as a relic of French colonialism, which Macron called a "grave mistake." French ...