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2013-JAN-30

International Organization BURKINA FASO  BENIN  COTE D´IVOIRE  CAPE VERDE  GHANA  THE GAMBIA  GUINEA  GUINEA-BISSAU  LIBERIA  MALI  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) OrganisationUNO Observer
Emblem or Symbol*

President Kadre Desire Ouedraogo (bf)
(since 2012-03-01)
 
 
 
 
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)


2 Condominiums:

GAO Region of GAO [French Allied Occupation]  (Gao)Local: Région de GAO (fr)  (Gao)
TAOUDENIT TAOUDENIT Region  (Taoudenit)Local: Région de TAOUDENNI (fr) + TAUDENI : تودني (ar)  (Taoudenni)

2 Assisted Countries

GUINEA-BISSAU Republic of Guinea-Bissau : RGB [National Transitional Council – Ecowas Mission in Guinea-Bissau-ECOMIB]  (Bissau) Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
MALI Republic of MALI [African-led International Support Mission in Mali-AFISMA]  (Bamako) Dioncounda Traore




Military entity abroad, special or locally shared:

AFISMA African-led International Support Mission in Mali : AFISMA  (Bamako)Local: African-led International Support Mission in Mali : AFISMA (en) + Mission internationale de soutien au Mali sous conduite africaine : MISMA (fr)  (Bamako)

1 Organisation or Grouping membership (selective)


COMMON FUND Common Fund for Commodities : CFC  (Geneva)

15 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
 COTE D´IVOIRE (Yamoussoukro a + Abidjan dln) President Alassane Ouattara
 CAPE VERDE (Praia) President Jorge Carlos Fonseca
 GHANA (Accra) President John Dramani Mahama
 THE GAMBIA (Banjul) President Yahya Jammeh
 GUINEA (Conakry) President Alpha Conde
 GUINEA-BISSAU (Bissau) Manuel Serifo Nhamadjo
 LIBERIA (Monrovia) President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
 MALI (Bamako) Dioncounda Traore
 NIGER (Niamey) President Mahamadou Issoufou
 NIGERIA (Abuja a) President Goodluck Jonathan
 SIERRA LEONE (Freetown) President Ernest Bai Koroma
 SENEGAL (Dakar) President Macky Sall
 TOGO (Lome) President Faure Gnassingbe


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