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Eight West African countries Saturday agreed to change the name of their common currency to Eco and severed the CFA franc\u2019s links to former colonial ruler France.<\/p>\n

The CFA franc was initially pegged to the French franc and has been linked to the euro for about two decades.<\/p>\n

Benin, Burkina Faso, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Mali, Niger, Senegal, and Togo currently use the currency. All the countries are former French colonies with the exception of Guinea-Bissau<\/p>\n

The announcement was made Saturday during a visit by French President Emmanuel Macron to Ivory Coast, the world\u2019s top cocoa producer and France\u2019s former main colony in West Africa.<\/p>\n

Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara, speaking in the country\u2019s economic capital Abidjan, announced \u201cthree major changes\u201d.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Eight West African countries Saturday agreed to change the name of their common currency to Eco and severed the CFA franc\u2019s links to former colonial ruler France. The CFA franc was initially pegged to the French franc and has been linked to the euro for about two decades. 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