West African States 1999-JUN-01

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1999-JUN-01

International Organization BURKINA FASO BENIN COTE D''IVOIRE CAPE VERDE GHANA THE 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 : CEDEAO (fr) + Comunidade Económica dos Estados da África Ocidental : CEDEAO (pt)	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 International 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 ⁱ^l^mⁿ^q^r)	President Mathieu Kerekou
COTE D'IVOIRE	(Yamoussoukro ^a + Abidjan ^d^k^l^mⁿ + Cocody ^r)	President Henri Konan Bedie
CAPE VERDE	(Praia)	President Antonio Mascarenhas Monteiro
GHANA	(Accra)	President Jerry John Rawlings
THE GAMBIA	(Banjul)	President Yahya Jammeh
GUINEA	(Conakry)	President Lansana Conte
GUINEA-BISSAU	(Bissau)	Malam Bacai Sanha
LIBERIA	(Monrovia)	President Charles Taylor
MALI	(Bamako)	President Alpha Oumar Konare
MAURITANIA	(Nouakchott)	President Maaouya Ould Sid'Ahmed Taya
NIGER	(Niamey)	President Daouda Malam Wanke
NIGERIA	(Abuja ^a + Lagos ^k^mⁿ)	President Olusegun Obasanjo
SIERRA LEONE	(Freetown)	President Ahmad Tejan Kabbah
SENEGAL	(Dakar)	President Abdou Diouf
TOGO	(Lome)	President Gnassingbe Eyadema