African protests over the CFA 'colonial currency'

A controversial Franco-Beninese activist who was charged over burning a 5,000 CFA note has been acquitted by a court in the Senegalese capital, Dakar. Kemi Seba was arrested last week following a complaint by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO).

The CFA is a colonial-era currency that is still used in several former French colonies in Africa. Mr Seba is among many activists calling for the CFA to be abandoned, saying it is a relic of French colonialism.

Kemi Seba accused by the Central Bank of West African States (BCEAO) of burning a 5,000 CFA franc note last week. The CFA is used in 12 francophone African countries as well as Guinea Bissau and Equatorial Guinea.

UCJ, UNILORIN.