{"id":17316,"date":"2026-08-11T22:16:19","date_gmt":"2026-08-11T22:16:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/fact-check\/des-billets-de-20-000-fc-seraient-retires-de-la-circulation\/"},"modified":"2026-08-11T22:16:19","modified_gmt":"2026-08-11T22:16:19","slug":"des-billets-de-20-000-fc-seraient-retires-de-la-circulation","status":"publish","type":"vc_factcheck","link":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/fact-check\/des-billets-de-20-000-fc-seraient-retires-de-la-circulation\/","title":{"rendered":"20,000 FC banknotes are being withdrawn from circulation"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The message is causing queues outside counters and refusals of payment in markets.<\/p>\n<p>The editorial team compared the shared text with press releases published by the Central Bank: it is a recycled 2022 note on the withdrawal of damaged banknotes, with the date removed.<\/p>\n<p>What is true: torn or soiled banknotes can be exchanged at bank branches. No denomination has been demonetised.<\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Central Bank of Congo has not announced any withdrawal. The message reuses an old press release from 2022 concerning damaged banknotes.<\/p>","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"_vc_claim":"La Banque Centrale retirerait les billets de 20 000 francs congolais d\u00e8s la semaine prochaine.","_vc_claim_original":"La Banque Centrale retirerait les billets de 20 000 francs congolais d\u00e8s la semaine prochaine.","_vc_verdict":"false","_vc_language":"fr","_vc_region":"RDC \u2014 National","_vc_virality":71,"_vc_sources":"Banque Centrale du Congo \u2014 Communiqu\u00e9s | https:\/\/www.bcc.cd\/\nActualite.cd \u2014 D\u00e9menti de la BCC | https:\/\/actualite.cd\/\nNote BCC 2022 sur les billets d\u00e9t\u00e9rior\u00e9s | https:\/\/www.bcc.cd\/","_vc_audio_claim":"","_vc_audio_verdict":"","_vc_submission_id":0,"_vc_reviewed_by":2,"_vc_reviewed_at":"2026-08-29 22:16:19","_vc_ai_assisted":0,"_vc_keywords":"","_vc_channel":"","footnotes":""},"vc_language":[178],"vc_verdict":[184],"vc_topic":[192],"vc_region":[196],"class_list":["post-17316","vc_factcheck","type-vc_factcheck","status-publish","hentry","vc_language-fr","vc_verdict-false","vc_topic-economie","vc_region-rdc-national","description-off"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/factchecks\/17316","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/factchecks"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/vc_factcheck"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/factchecks\/17316\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=17316"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"vc_language","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_language?post=17316"},{"taxonomy":"vc_verdict","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_verdict?post=17316"},{"taxonomy":"vc_topic","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_topic?post=17316"},{"taxonomy":"vc_region","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/factualiteafrique.org\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/vc_region?post=17316"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}