January 1994. The devaluation of the local currency CFA franc (a franc monetary system for former West African economic regions of France called Coopération Financière en Afrique Centrale -CFA-, part of the BEAC (Banque des Etats d'Afrique Centrale) brought crisis in the various economic zones of that region.
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Bamako. People sit around listening to radio programmes and reading local newspapers to find out its drastic effect on their purchasing power.