A revamped common currency in West Africa known as the ECO will be launched in 2020, according to French President Emmanuel Macron. The ECO is supposed to replace the CFA franc which is currently ...

The Swiss franc is closing in on its highest levels in a decade against the euro, as haven demand ripples through global ...

Six months after the Trump administration began its messy global tariff campaign, the euro area is weathering the storm, according to European Central Bank President Christine Lagarde. There’s been no ...

Yet in the context of the Cold War, France had gained the backing of the U.S. to help contain communism in its former colonies in the African continent. The lingering sphere of influence in the region ...