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4 unusual facts about CFA franc


Amath Dansokho

Dansokho was accused of selling lands around the international airport while he was Minister of Urban Planning and of embezzling 17 million CFA francs as mayor of Kédougou.

Idrissa Seck

Wade said that Seck had stolen 40 billion CFA francs and deposited the money abroad; he also said that Seck would not be his successor.

Mbaye-Jacques Diop

After Iba Der Thiam mediated the situation, Diop agreed to resign on 16 November, but Wade nevertheless criticized Diop at a meeting of the PDS Steering Committee, saying that he had wasted 300 million CFA francs on "whimisical missions".

Serge Blanchard Oba

According to Oba, his party spent more than one billion CFA francs on its 2007 election campaign.


Fily Dabo Sissoko

Following riots in 1962 by some business interests opposing the creation of the Malian franc (independent of the CFA Franc used by other former colonies), Dabo Sissoko was arrested and charged with sedition.


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