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Momentum drains from West African common currency plans

Chiefs of the 15-nation Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) regional bloc said in 2019 the Eco would be set up in 2020. [AFP]

Hopes raised by West African leaders of finally launching this year their "Eco" common currency, in the pipeline for three decades, have faded as the coronavirus crisis and squabbling over severing the remaining monetary ties to former colonial ruler France snarl progress.

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