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Côte d’Ivoire Paid Out 795 Million FCFA in September. Four Fifths of It Was Money the Society Was Already Holding.
BURIDA put 795.4 million FCFA into its September 2026 distribution, and 649.7 million of it was pending rights the society had already collected. Côte d'Ivoire's royalty calendar runs four uneven quarters, each on its own lag, and documentation is what releases held money.
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