Economic Community of West African States

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The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), an regional organization active at the sub-continental level, is made up of: [1]

1. Benin
2. Burkina Faso
3. Cape Verde
4. Cote d'Ivoire
5. Gambia
6. Ghana
7. Guinea
8. Guinea Bissau
9. Liberia
10. Mali
11. Niger
12. Nigeria
13. Senegal
14. Sierra Leone
15. Togo

Most were either French or British colonies, so the common languages of the region are French and English, with some Portuguese and Arabic. There are, of course, large numbers of indigenous languages.

## Peace operations[edit]

These states also comprise the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) is a non-standing peace operations force that has operated in civil war in Sierra Leone and is a model for future needs. [2]

## Organizations[edit]

* West African Health Organisation [r]: Add brief definition or description
* West African Monetary Agency [r]: Add brief definition or description
* West African Monetary Institute [r]: Add brief definition or description
* ECOWAS Youth & Sports Development Centre [r]: Add brief definition or description
* ECOWAS Gender Development Centre [r]: Add brief definition or description
* Water Resources Coordination Unit [r]: Add brief definition or description
* ECOWAS Brown Card [r]: Add brief definition or description
* West African Power Pool [r]: Add brief definition or description

## References[edit]

1. ↑ ECOWAS Member States, Economic Community of West African States
2. ↑ Mitikishe Maxwell Khobe (February 2000), The Evolution and Conduct of ECOMOG Operations in West Africa, Institute for Security Studies (South Africa), Monograph No 44: Boundaries of Peace Support Operations