Bank of Central African States to launch new banknotes, coins by mid-December

YAOUNDE, Nov. 9 (Xinhua) -- The Bank of Central African States (BEAC) will put new banknotes and coins in circulation by Dec. 15, according to a statement released Wednesday by the Ministerial Committee of the Central African Monetary Union.

The 1992 and 2002 banknotes, meanwhile, will gradually be withdrawn from circulation starting from next year in the region that groups the countries of Cameroon, Chad, the Central African Republic, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and the Republic of Congo, said the statement.