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Member States

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Algeria

Head of State: H.E. President Abdelaziz Bouteflika (1999)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 2382

Population in 1997 (million): 29.5

Capital: Algiers

Currency: Dinar

 

Angola

Head of State: H.E. President José Eduardo dos Santos (1979)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 1247

Population in 1997 (million): 11.6

Capital: Luanda

Currency: Kwanza

 

Benin

Head of State: H.E. President Mathieu
Kérékou (1996)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 113

Population in 1997 (million): 5.7

Capital: Porto-Novo

Currency: Franc CFA


 

Botswana

Head of State: H.E. President Festus Mogae (1998)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 582

Population in 2001 (million): 1.7

Capital: Gaborone

Currency: Pula


 

Burkina Faso

Head of State: H.E. President Blaise Compaoré (1987)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 274

Population in 1997 (million): 11.1

Capital: Ouagadougou

Currency: Franc CFA


 

Burundi

Head of State: H.E. President Domitien Ndayizeye (2003)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 28

Population in 2002 (million): 7

Capital: Bujumbura

Currency: Burundi Franc



Cameroon

Head of State: H.E. President Paul Biya
(1982)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 475

Population in 1997 (million): 14

Capital: Yaounde

Currency: Franc CFA


 

Cape Verde

Head of State: H.E. President Pedro Pires
(2001)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 4

Population in 1997 (million): 0.4

Capital: Praia

Currency: Escudo


 

Central African Republic

Head of State: H.E. President François Bozizé
(2003)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 623

Population in 1997 (million): 3.4

Capital: Bangui

Currency: Franc CFA


 

Chad

Head of State: H.E. President Idriss Déby
(1990)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 1284

Population in 1997 (million): 6.7

Capital: N'Djamena

Currency: Franc CFA


 

Comoros

Head of State: H.E. President Azali Assoumani
(2002)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 2

Population in 1997 (million): 0.7

Capital: Moroni

Currency: Comorian Franc


 

Congo

Head of State: H.E. President Denis Sassou-Nguesso (1997)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 342

Population in 1997 (million): 2.7

Capital: Brazzaville

Currency: Franc CFA


 

Congo, Dem. Rep

Head of State: H.E. President Joseph
Kabila (2001)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 2345

Population in 1997 (million): 48.0

Capital: Kinshasa

Currency: Franc Congolais


 

Côte d´Ivoire

Head of State: H.E. President Laurent
Gbagbo (2000)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 323

Population in 1997 (million): 14.3

Capital: Yamoussoukro

Currency: Franc CFA


 

Djibouti

Head of State: H.E. President M. Ismail Omar Guelleh (1999)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 23

Population in 1997 (million): 0.6

Capital: Djibouti

Currency: Djibouti Franc

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