15 Members (excluding the associate or suspended members but including the countries represented on their behalf) [The rulers are not necessarily the representatives in the organisation. ] :
 |  | BURUNDI | (Gitega a + Bujumbura dnq) |  | President Evariste Ndayishimiye |  | |
 |  | CONGO-KINSHASA | (Kinshasa a) |  | President Felix Tshisekedi |  | |
 |  | CENTRAL-AFRICA | (Bangui) |  | President Faustin-Archange Touadera |  | |
 |  | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE | (Brazzaville a + Pointe Noire n) |  | President Denis Sassou-Nguesso |  | |
 |  | DJIBOUTI | (Djibouti) |  | President Ismail Omar Guelleh |  | |
 |  | ERITREA | (Asmara) |  | President Isaias Afewerki |  | |
 |  | ETHIOPIA | (Addis Ababa) |  | President Sahle-Work Zewde |  | |
 |  | KENYA | (Nairobi) |  | President Uhuru Kenyatta |  | |
 |  | RWANDA | (Kigali) |  | President Paul Kagame |  | |
 |  | SEYCHELLES | (Port Victoria) |  | President Wavel Ramkalawan |  | |
 |  | SUDAN | (Khartoum a) |  | General Abdel-Fatah al-Burhan Abdelrahman |  | |
 |  | SOMALIA | (Mogadishu-Hamar Weyne) |  | President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud |  | |
 |  | SOUTH SUDAN | (Juba a + Ramshiel f) |  | President Salva Kiir Mayardit |  | |
 |  | TANZANIA | (Dodoma City aln + Dar Es Salaam jnqr) |  | President Samia Suluhu |  | |
 |  | UGANDA | (Kampala a + Entebbe r) |  | President Yoweri Museveni |  | |