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. ] :
![](flag/BF__-1984-08-04.jpg) | ![](arm/BF__-1983-08-04.jpg) | BURKINA FASO | (Ouagadougou) | ![](ruler/BF__-1987-10-15.jpg) | President Blaise Compaore | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/BI__-1967-06-28.jpg) | ![](arm/BI__-1966-11-29.jpg) | BURUNDI | (Bujumbura) | ![](ruler/BI__-1987-09-03.jpg) | President Pierre Buyoya | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/BJ__-1975-11-30.jpg) | ![](arm/BJ__-1975-11-30.jpg) | BENIN | (Porto Novo a + Cotonou ilnqr) | ![](ruler/BJ__-1972-10-26.jpg) | President Mathieu Kerekou | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/BW__-1966-09-30.jpg) | ![](arm/BW__-1966-01-25.jpg) | BOTSWANA | (Gaborone) | ![](ruler/BW__-1980-07-13.jpg) | President Quett Masire | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/CD__-1971-11-21.jpg) | ![](arm/CD__-1971-11-21.jpg) | ZAIRE | (Kinshasa a) | ![](ruler/CD__-1965-11-25.jpg) | President Mobutu Sese Seko | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/CF__-1979-09-21.jpg) | ![](arm/CF__-1979-09-21.jpg) | CENTRAL-AFRICA | (Bangui) | ![](ruler/CF__-1981-09-01.jpg) | President Andre-Dieudonne Kolingba | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/CG__-1969-12-30.jpg) | ![](arm/CG__-1984-07-28.jpg) | CONGO | (Brazzaville a + Pointe Noire n) | ![](ruler/CG__-1979-02-07.jpg) | President Denis Sassou-Nguesso | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/CI__-1959-12-03.jpg) | ![](arm/CI__-1985-01-01.jpg) | COTE D´IVOIRE | (Yamoussoukro a + Abidjan dln) | ![](ruler/CI__-1959-04-30.jpg) | President Felix Houphouet-Boigny | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/CM__-1975-05-20.jpg) | ![](arm/CM__-1986-01-01.jpg) | CAMEROON | (Yaounde) | ![](ruler/CM__-1982-11-06.jpg) | President Paul Biya | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/DJ__-1977-06-23.jpg) | ![](arm/DJ__-1977-06-25.jpg) | JIBUTI | (Jibuti) | ![](ruler/DJ__-1977-06-27.jpg) | President Hassan Gouled Aptidon | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/DZ__-1962-07-03.jpg) | ![](arm/DZ__-1976-11-01.jpg) | ALGERIA | (Algiers a + El Biar d + El Mouradia r) | ![](ruler/DZ__-1979-02-09.jpg) | President Chadli Bendjedid | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/EG__-1984-10-04.jpg) | ![](arm/EG__-1984-10-04.jpg) | EGYPT | (Cairo a + Alexandria r) | ![](ruler/EG__-1981-10-14.jpg) | President Hosni Mubarak | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/ET__-1987-09-12.jpg) | ![](arm/ET__-1987-09-12.jpg) | ETHIOPIA | (Addis Ababa) | ![](ruler/ET__-1977-02-03.jpg) | President Mengistu Haile Mariam | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/GA__-1960-08-17.jpg) | ![](arm/GA__-1963-07-15.jpg) | GABON | (Libreville) | ![](ruler/GA__-1967-11-28.jpg) | President Omar Bongo | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/GH__-1966-02-28.jpg) | ![](arm/GH__-1957-03-04.jpg) | GHANA | (Accra) | ![](ruler/GH__-1981-12-31.jpg) | Jerry John Rawlings | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/GM__-1965-02-18.jpg) | ![](arm/GM__-1964-11-18.jpg) | THE GAMBIA | (Banjul) | ![](ruler/GM__-1981-08-05.jpg) | President Sir Dawda Jawara | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/GN__-1958-11-10.jpg) | ![](arm/GN__-1984-05-25.jpg) | GUINEA | (Conakry) | ![](ruler/GN__-1984-04-03.jpg) | President Lansana Conte | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/KE__-1963-12-12.jpg) | ![](arm/KE__-1963-10-15.jpg) | KENYA | (Nairobi) | ![](ruler/KE__-1978-08-22.jpg) | President Daniel Arap Moi | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/LR__-1900-01-01.jpg) | ![](arm/LR__-1974-07-22.jpg) | LIBERIA | (Monrovia) | ![](ruler/LR__-1980-04-12.jpg) | President Samuel Doe | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/LS__-1987-07-20.jpg) | ![](arm/LS__-1966-10-04.jpg) | LESOTHO | (Maseru) | ![](ruler/LS__-1970-12-05.jpg) | King Moshoeshoe II | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/LY__-1977-11-11.jpg) | ![](arm/LY__-1977-11-11.jpg) | LIBYA | (Tripoli a) | ![](ruler/LY__-1969-09-01.jpg) | Guide Muammar Gaddafi | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/MG__-1958-10-21.jpg) | ![](arm/MG__-1975-12-30.jpg) | MADAGASCAR | (Tananarive) | ![](ruler/MG__-1975-06-15.jpg) | President Didier Ratsiraka | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/ML__-1961-03-01.jpg) | ![](arm/ML__-1973-10-20.jpg) | MALI | (Bamako) | ![](ruler/ML__-1968-11-19.jpg) | President Moussa Traore | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/MR__-1959-03-22.jpg) | ![](arm/MR__-1960-11-28.jpg) | MAURITANIA | (Nouakchott) | ![](ruler/MR__-1984-12-12.jpg) | Colonel Maaouya Ould Sid´Ahmed Taya | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/MU__-1968-03-12.jpg) | ![](arm/MU__-1906-08-25.jpg) | MAURITIUS | (Port Louis a + Reduit in Moka r) | ![](ruler/UK__-1952-02-06.jpg) | Queen Elizabeth II | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/MW__-1964-07-06.jpg) | ![](arm/MW__-1964-07-06.jpg) | MALAWI | (Lilongwe a + Zomba b) | ![](ruler/MW__-1966-07-06.jpg) | President Hastings Banda | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/MZ__-1983-05-01.jpg) | ![](arm/MZ__-1982-09-01.jpg) | MOZAMBIQUE | (Maputo) | ![](ruler/MZ__-1986-10-19.jpg) | President Joaquim Chissano | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/NE__-1959-11-23.jpg) | ![](arm/NE__-1962-12-01.jpg) | NIGER | (Niamey) | ![](ruler/NE__-1987-11-10.jpg) | President Ali Saibou | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/NG__-1960-10-01.jpg) | ![](arm/NG__-1978-01-01.jpg) | NIGERIA | (Lagos a + Abuja f) | ![](ruler/NG__-1985-08-27.jpg) | President Ibrahim Babangida | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/RW__-1962-07-01.jpg) | ![](arm/RW__-1964-01-01.jpg) | RWANDA | (Kigali) | ![](ruler/RW__-1973-07-05.jpg) | President Juvenal Habyarimana | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/SC__-1977-06-29.jpg) | ![](arm/SC__-1976-05-27.jpg) | SEYCHELLES | (Port Victoria) | ![](ruler/SC__-1977-06-05.jpg) | President France-Albert Rene | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/SD__-1970-05-20.jpg) | ![](arm/SD__-1985-12-15.jpg) | SUDAN | (Khartoum) | ![](ruler/SD__-1989-06-30.jpg) | Omar Al-Bashir | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/SL__-1961-04-27.jpg) | ![](arm/SL__-1960-12-01.jpg) | SIERRA LEONE | (Freetown) | ![](ruler/SL__-1985-11-28.jpg) | President Joseph Saidu Momoh | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/SN__-1982-02-01.jpg) | ![](arm/SN__-1965-12-01.jpg) | SENEGAL | (Dakar) | ![](ruler/SN__-1981-01-01.jpg) | President Abdou Diouf | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/SO__-1960-07-01.jpg) | ![](arm/SO__-1956-10-10.jpg) | SOMALIA | (Mogadishu) | ![](ruler/SO__-1969-10-21.jpg) | President Muhammad Siad Barre | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/SZ__-1967-10-30.jpg) | ![](arm/SZ__-1900-01-01.jpg) | SWAZILAND | (Mbabane aj + Lobamba lr) | ![](ruler/SZ__-1986-04-25.jpg) | King Mswati III | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/TD__-1959-11-06.jpg) | ![](arm/TD__-1970-08-11.jpg) | CHAD | (Ndjamena) | ![](ruler/TD__-1982-06-07.jpg) | President Hissene Habre | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/TG__-1960-04-27.jpg) | ![](arm/TG__-1980-04-01.jpg) | TOGO | (Lome) | ![](ruler/TG__-1967-04-14.jpg) | President Gnassingbe Eyadema | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/TN__-1959-06-01.jpg) | ![](arm/TN__-1963-05-30.jpg) | TUNISIA | (Tunis) | ![](ruler/TN__-1987-11-07.jpg) | President Zine El Abidine Ben Ali | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/TZ__-1964-06-30.jpg) | ![](arm/TZ__-1964-11-01.jpg) | TANZANIA | (Dar Es Salaam a + Dodoma f) | ![](ruler/TZ__-1985-11-05.jpg) | President Ali Hassan Mwinyi | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |
![](flag/UG__-1962-10-09.jpg) | ![](arm/UG__-1962-10-09.jpg) | UGANDA | (Kampala a + Entebbe r) | ![](ruler/UG__-1986-01-26.jpg) | President Yoweri Museveni | ![](logo/WW-AF-AF.jpg) | |