18 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 Yayi Boni | | |
 |  | CENTRAL-AFRICA | (Bangui) |  | President Francois Bozize | | |
 |  | CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE | (Brazzaville a + Pointe Noire n) |  | President Denis Sassou-Nguesso | | |
 |  | COTE D´IVOIRE | (Yamoussoukro a + Abidjan dln) |  | President Laurent Gbagbo | | |
 |  | CAMEROON | (Yaounde) |  | President Paul Biya | | |
 |  | FRANCE | (Paris) |  | President Jacques Chirac |  | |
 |  | GABON | (Libreville) |  | President Omar Bongo Ondimba | | |
 |  | EQUATORIAL GUINEA | (Malabo a) |  | President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo | | |
 |  | GUINEA-BISSAU | (Bissau) |  | President Joao Bernardo Vieira | | |
 |  | COMOROS | (Moroni) |  | Ahmed Abdallah Mohamed Sambi | | |
 |  | MADAGASCAR | (Tananarive) |  | President Marc Ravalomanana | | |
 |  | MALI | (Bamako) |  | President Amadou Toumani Toure | | |
 |  | MAURITANIA | (Nouakchott) |  | Colonel Ely Ould Mohamed Vall | | |
 |  | NIGER | (Niamey) |  | President Mamadou Tandja | | |
 |  | SENEGAL | (Dakar) |  | President Abdoulaye Wade | | |
 |  | CHAD | (Ndjamena) |  | President Idriss Deby Itno | | |
 |  | TOGO | (Lome) |  | President Faure Gnassingbe | | |
