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African countries that rely on France to print their currency
France’s influence in Africa is weakening, but it hasn’t disappeared. While political ties are fading, its economic grip ...
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France set to hand over sole military base in Ivory Coast
France will hand over its only military base in Ivory Coast, its former star colony in west Africa, and both sides say the ...
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Born Enslaved, This Black Millionaire Attempted to Colonize Mexico and Aspired to Be the Emperor of Ethiopia
Ellis’ dream of wresting power from the emperor was but one small moment in his boundary-breaking life. Eulogized as a ...
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France’s modern colonies: the CFA Franc System
The CFA franc (Franc des Colonies Francais d’Afrique) was introduced in 1945, well before France’s decolonization in the late 1950s, as a way for France to control the economies of its African ...