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1996-JAN-15


International Organization BURKINA FASO  BENIN  COTE D´IVOIRE  CAPE VERDE  GHANA  GAMBIA  GUINEA  GUINEA-BISSAU  LIBERIA  MALI  MAURITANIA  NIGER  NIGERIA  SIERRA LEONE  SENEGAL  TOGO 

Economic Community of West African States : ECOWAS

Flag or logo since 1975-05-28*
Economic Community of West African States : ECOWAS (en) + Communauté économique des États de l´Afrique de l´Ouest : CÉDÉAO (fr) + Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Ocidental : CEDEAO (pt) Organisation
Emblem or Symbol*

Secretary Edouard Benjamin (gn)
(since 1993-09-02)
 
 
 
 
Capitals & administrative places*: Abuja
(Abuja)
Official & national languages: English (en) . French (fr) . Portuguese (pt) .

Organisation:


WEST AFRICAN STATES Economic Community of West African States : ECOWAS  (Abuja)



1 Assisted Country

LIBERIA State of LIBERIA [United Nations Observer Mission in Liberia – UNOMIL]  (Monrovia) Wilton Sankawulo






1 Organisation or Grouping membership (selective)


COMMON FUND Common Fund for Commodities : CFC  (Geneva)


16 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
BENIN (Porto Novo a + Cotonou ilnqr) President Nicephore Soglo
COTE D´IVOIRE (Yamoussoukro a + Abidjan dln) President Henri Konan Bedie
CAPE VERDE (Praia) President Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro
GHANA (Accra) President Jerry John Rawlings
GAMBIA (Banjul) Yahya Jammeh
GUINEA (Conakry) President Lansana Conte
GUINEA-BISSAU (Bissau) President Joao Bernardo Vieira
LIBERIA (Monrovia) Wilton Sankawulo
MALI (Bamako) President Alpha Oumar Konare
MAURITANIA (Nouakchott) President Maaouya Ould Sid´Ahmed Taya
NIGER (Niamey) President Mahamane Ousmane
NIGERIA (Abuja a) General Sani Abacha
SIERRA LEONE (Freetown) Valentine Strasser-King
SENEGAL (Dakar) President Abdou Diouf
TOGO (Lome) President Gnassingbe Eyadema



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