Comité pour l'abolition des dettes illégitimes

Guinea

CFA franc: conditions are ripe for replacement of the west African currency rooted in colonialism

17 April 2024 - by Kai Koddenbrock

At no point in history has the CFA franc – the name of a colonial currency used in west and central African countries belonging to the franc zone – been closer to its demise. Senegal has overwhelmingly voted for leftwing Pastef candidate (...)
West Africa: The Roots of the Ebola epidemic

1 August 2016 - by Samar Al-Bulushi

A long history of multinational corporate exploitation and political corruption crippled West Africa’s response to the Ebola epidemic. In December 2014, approximately six months after the Sierra Leonean government announced the presence of the (...)
Press release

CADTM supports the general strike of the Guinean people and denounces the repression orchestrated by the illegitimate power of Lansana Conte

CADTM supports the general strike of the Guinean people and denounces the repression orchestrated by the illegitimate power of Lansana Conte. On Monday 12 February 2007, the general strike calling for the departure of Guinean president Lansana (...)