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Changing national currencies should not be controversial
After gaining independence from Ethiopia, Eritrea launched the akfa in May 1997, abandoning the Ethiopian birr, but discord arose over the exchange rate between the two currencies and the choice of a payments mechanism for their bilateral trade.After gaining independence from Ethiopia, Eritrea launched the akfa in May 1997, abandoning the Ethiopian birr, but discord arose over the exchange rate between the two currencies and the choice of a payments mechanism for their bilateral trade.
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