Farida Bemba Nabourema
Farida Bemba Nabourema

@Farida_N

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France has the 4th largest gold reserve in the world. How?
France holds 90% of the gold reserves of 15 African countries and pays 0% interest on what it makes from those reserves since 1945. These nations however borrow from #France from their own reserves with interest!
When #France created the CFA which was inspired by the monetary system the Nazi imposed on #France during WW2, the FCFA parity was at 50 to one French Franc. On 12 January 1994 #France had the IMF devalue it by 50%: we woke up twice poorer and indebted to #France!
@DEEPRINCEV Sylavnus Olympio was killed by illiterate soldiers of the French colonial army who #France armed to rule Togo in tyranny for over 50 years. Those of us who believe in freedom have been fighting for it ever since. So don’t just assume people are seating idle enjoying their abuse.
@DEEPRINCEV These countries have not been sleeping: it’s been decades of struggles and millions of people killed. #France & it’s allies have far more military power and the ignorance of the world on their side as well as the hypocrisy of those who assume people suffer because they deserve it
The arguments some are giving to justify the cruelty of the #French colonial empire in #Africa are laughable. Stating that our gold reserves are safer in #France: what a joke!
What do you call safety when the French government assassinate our presidents who ask for our gold back?
How France maintains its credit rating? By keeping our money.
Source: Brookings Institute.
Today the Euro is benefiting from the CFA through France’s colonial monetary system imposed on these 15 African nations through dictatorship, coups,and assassination of our presidents.
“In 1960(…)Jean Boissonnat, the economics editor of the liberal Catholic daily La Croix wrote, France had enjoyed a good run for its money, having accrued gains through the CFA zone of hundreds of billions in low-cost trade transactions(…) lrb.co.uk

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