Kinshasa( CONGO): The democratic republic of Congo has revived a long-standing dream of promoting the national currency and sidelining the dollar to regain control over key economic levers. Its economy became informally “ dollarised ” several decades ago under the dictatorship of Marshal Mobutu Sese Seko, whose chaotic rule bred four-digit inflation. Today, the Congolese franc and the US dollar coexist, but the greenback remains massively dominant. The dollar is used in major contracts, business

The realisation of grand projects always implies imagination and persistence in overcoming all sorts of barriers and all kinds of resistance. Let us hope that the BRICS will confirm expectations entertained by the Global South and rise to the challenge of providing constructive alternatives for all