c.f.a. front frank since france pulled out of central africa in the one nine hundred sixty s. the say five currency zone comprises six central african nations from a quarter are given to central at the central african republic and eight west african countries these include booking a fossil and senegal. in all fourteen states the current currency policy is effectively laid down in france and the safe from which was paid to the french franc now has a fixed exchange rate to the euro all members of the safe from have to deposit half of their currency reserves in france's central bank some say being back to the euro create stability in member states others believe it keeps them dependent on the old colonial occupies it's a controversial topic and not just in senegal mali pulled out of the safe our fall in one hundred sixty two but it changed its mind and rejoined the currency in one nine hundred eighty four d w spoke to mali's president ibrahim a book about kate's and asked him how he views the front today mosher not to. the measure of one's evolution i think this is the end of a f