Burkina Faso’s 37-Year Old Leader Draws US Ire
https://consortiumnews.com/2025/05/13/burkina-fasos-37-year-old-leader-draws-us-ire/
Ibrahim Traoré took power in a military coup in September 2022 and since then he has been drawing criticism from Western governments, not least the U.S., writes Alan MacLeod. By Alan MacLeod MintPress News Burkina Faso’s Ibrahim Traoré is remaking…
#Politics #Africa #BurkinaFaso #Colonialism #Commentary #France #Libya #Mali #Niger #U.s. #:AlanMacleod #AllianceOfSahelStates(aes) #CfaFranc #Chad #EconomicCommunityOfWestAfricanStates(ecowas) #GeneralMichaelLangley #IvoryCoast #PresidentBlaiseCompaoré #PresidentEmmanuelMacron #PresidentIbrahimTraoré #Sahel #Senegal #ThomasSankara #U.s.AfricaCommand(africom)

Africa: Africa Demands Monetary Independence As Activists Protest Against CFA Franc in Mali: [Leadership] 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. http://newsfeed.facilit8.network/TKYxc7 #Africa #CFAFranc #MonetaryIndependence #Mali #PanAfricanism

I *know* that the CFA in #CFAfranc is short for ‘Communauté Financière Africaine’, but I’m still gonna call it the ‘Colonial French-African franc’.

Monetary unions are interesting things, there are currently five around the world. Learn about them, and particularly the West African one with today's #AtoZChallenge piece for W, featuring this 1976 Western African States 10 Francs CFA: https://coinofnote.com/1976-western-african-states-10-francs-cfa/

#AtoZChallenge2024 #Africa #WestAfrica #MonetaryUnion #CFAFranc #Money #Coins #Numismatics

FIRST #AFRICAN NATION adopts bitcoin as legal tender.

Lawmakers in the #CentralAfricanRepublic have unanimously voted to adopt #Bitcoin alongside the #CFAFranc.

The law makes #cryptocurrency exchanges excempt from #tax for some strange reason. Maybe because they'll be #CloudFlare so want to surviel all the traffic and users' passwords etc.

Good news for uncensorable currency, bad news for govt revenue and everyday workers at this stage.