Editing CFA franc (section)

==Name==
Between 1945 and 1958, CFA stood for {{lang|fr|Colonies françaises d'Afrique}} ("French colonies of Africa"); then for {{lang|fr|Communauté française d'Afrique}} ("[[French Community]] of Africa") between 1958 (establishment of the [[French Fifth Republic]]) and the independence of these African countries at the beginning of the 1960s.<ref name="2020_nzaou_kongo" /> Since independence, CFA is taken to mean {{lang|fr|Communauté Financière Africaine}} (African Financial Community)<ref>Encyclopædia Britannica Online, [https://www.britannica.com/EBchecked/topic/128988/Communaute-Financiere-Africaine-franc Communauté Financière Africaine franc]; accessed 2008.12.05.</ref> or ''Coopération financière en Afrique centrale'' (see [[#Institutions|Institutions]] below).