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1999-JAN-19

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 Lansana Kouyate (gn)
(since 1997-09-02)
 
 
 
 
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 Condominium:

BISSAU CITY BISSAU Autonomous Sector  (Bissau)Local: Sector Autónomo de BISSAU (pt)  (Bissau)

1 Assisted Country

SIERRA LEONE Republic of SIERRA LEONE [Nigeria led ECOWAS Military Assistance]  (Freetown) President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah




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 Mathieu Kerekou
 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) President Yahya Jammeh
 GUINEA (Conakry) President Lansana Conte
 GUINEA-BISSAU (Bissau) President Joao Bernardo Vieira
 LIBERIA (Monrovia) President Charles Taylor
 MALI (Bamako) President Alpha Oumar Konare
 MAURITANIA (Nouakchott) President Maaouya Ould Sid´Ahmed Taya
 NIGER (Niamey) President Ibrahim Bare Mainassara
 NIGERIA (Abuja a) General Abdulsalami Abubakar
 SIERRA LEONE (Freetown) President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
 SENEGAL (Dakar) President Abdou Diouf
 TOGO (Lome) President Gnassingbe Eyadema


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