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US/France threaten intervention in resource-rich Niger - Fears of war in West Africa

Geopolitical Economy Report

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The CFA Franc Is a Good Currency for Those Who Benefit From It

The CFA Franc is a colonial currency and it has been imposed on these countries in West Africa. And that's why these new governments want to be independent of French neo colonialism. The Western powers think that these new military leaders would be amenable to their interests, they actually have been very excited about it. They were salivating because the military coup could cruel China's plans for mining in Guinea.

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