41 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. ] :
 |  | BURKINA FASO | (Ouagadougou) |  | President Blaise Compaore |  | |
 |  | BURUNDI | (Bujumbura) |  | President Sylvestre Ntibantunganya | | |
 |  | BENIN | (Porto Novo a + Cotonou ilnqr) |  | President Nicephore Soglo | | |
 |  | BOTSWANA | (Gaborone) |  | President Quett Masire | | |
 |  | ZAIRE | (Kinshasa a) |  | President Mobutu Sese Seko | | |
 |  | CENTRAL-AFRICA | (Bangui) |  | President Ange-Felix Patasse | | |
 |  | CONGO | (Brazzaville a + Pointe Noire n) |  | President Pascal Lissouba | | |
 |  | COTE D´IVOIRE | (Yamoussoukro a + Abidjan dln) |  | President Henri Konan Bedie | | |
 |  | CAMEROON | (Yaounde) |  | President Paul Biya | | |
 |  | JIBUTI | (Jibuti) |  | President Hassan Gouled Aptidon | | |
 |  | ALGERIA | (Algiers a + El Biar d + El Mouradia r) |  | State President Liamine Zeroual | | |
 |  | EGYPT | (Cairo a + Alexandria r) |  | President Hosni Mubarak | | |
 |  | ETHIOPIA | (Addis Ababa) |  | President Meles Zenawi | | |
 |  | GABON | (Libreville) |  | President Omar Bongo | | |
 |  | GHANA | (Accra) |  | President Jerry John Rawlings | | |
 |  | GAMBIA | (Banjul) |  | Yahya Jammeh | | |
 |  | GUINEA | (Conakry) |  | President Lansana Conte | | |
 |  | KENYA | (Nairobi) |  | President Daniel Arap Moi | | |
 |  | LIBERIA | (Monrovia) |  | David Kpormakor | | |
 |  | LESOTHO | (Maseru) |  | King Moshoeshoe II | | |
 |  | LIBYA | (Tripoli a) |  | Guide Muammar Gaddafi | | |
 |  | MADAGASCAR | (Tananarive) |  | President Albert Zafy | | |
 |  | MALI | (Bamako) |  | President Alpha Oumar Konare | | |
 |  | MAURITANIA | (Nouakchott) |  | President Maaouya Ould Sid´Ahmed Taya | | |
 |  | MAURITIUS | (Port Louis a + Reduit in Moka r) |  | President Cassam Uteem | | |
 |  | MALAWI | (Lilongwe a + Zomba b) |  | President Bakili Muluzi | | |
 |  | MOZAMBIQUE | (Maputo) |  | President Joaquim Chissano | | |
 |  | NIGER | (Niamey) |  | President Mahamane Ousmane | | |
 |  | NIGERIA | (Abuja a) |  | General Sani Abacha | | |
 |  | RWANDA | (Kigali) |  | President Pasteur Bizimungu | | |
 |  | SEYCHELLES | (Port Victoria) |  | President France-Albert Rene | | |
 |  | SUDAN | (Khartoum) |  | President Omar Al-Bashir | | |
 |  | SIERRA LEONE | (Freetown) |  | Valentine Strasser-King | | |
 |  | SENEGAL | (Dakar) |  | President Abdou Diouf | | |
 |  | SOMALIA | (Mogadishu) |  | President Ali Mahdi Muhammad | | |
 |  | SWAZILAND | (Mbabane aj + Lobamba lr) |  | King Mswati III | | |
 |  | CHAD | (Ndjamena) |  | President Idriss Deby | | |
 |  | TOGO | (Lome) |  | President Gnassingbe Eyadema | | |
 |  | TUNISIA | (Tunis) |  | President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | | |
 |  | TANZANIA | (Dar Es Salaam a + Dodoma f) |  | President Ali Hassan Mwinyi | | |
 |  | UGANDA | (Kampala a + Entebbe r) |  | President Yoweri Museveni | | |
