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Member States

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Mauritania

Head of State: H.E. President Maaouye Ould Sidi Ahmed Taya (1992)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 1031

Population in 1997 (million): 2.4

Capital: Nouakchott

Currency: Ouguiya

 

Mauritius

Head of State: H.E. Prime Minister The Right Hon. Sir Anerood Jugnauth (2000)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 2

Population in 2001 (million): 1.2

Capital: Port Louis

Currency: Mauritius Rupee

 

Mozambique

Head of State: H.E. President Joaquim Chissanó (1986)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 802

Population in 1997 (million): 18.3

Capital: Maputo

Currency: Metical


 

Namibia

Head of State: H.E. President Sam Nujoma
(1990)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 823

Population in 1997 (million): 1.6

Capital: Windhoek

Currency: Namibian Dollar


 

Niger

Head of State: H.E. President Tandja Mamadou (1999)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 1267

Population in 1997 (million): 9.8

Capital: Niamey

Currency: Franc CFA


 

Nigeria

Head of State: H.E. President Olusegun Obasanjo (2003)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 924

Population in 2001 (million): 120

Capital: Abuja

Currency: Naira



 

Rwanda

Head of State: H.E. President Paul Kagame (2000)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 26

Population in 1997 (million): 5.9

Capital: Kigali

Currency: Rwanda Franc


 

Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic

Head of State: H.E. President Mohammed Abdelaziz

Area (‘000 sq. km): 266

Population in 1997 (million): 283.0

Capital: El Aaiun

Currency: Moroccan Dirham /Tala



 

São Tomé and Príncipe

Head of State: H.E. President Fradique de Menezes (2001)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 1

Population in 1997 (million): 0.1

Capital: Sao Tome

Currency: Dobra

 

 

Senegal

Head of State: H.E. President Abdoulaye Wade (2000)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 196

Population in 2001 (million): 9.8

Capital: Dakar

Currency: Franc CFA

 


 

Seychelles

Head of State:H.E. President France-Albert René (1977)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 0.3

Population in 1997 (million): 0.1

Capital: Victoria

Currency: Seychelles Rupee


 
Sierra Leone

Head of State: H.E. President Alhaji Dr. Ahmad Tejan Kabaah (1998)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 72

Population in 1997 (million): 4.4

Capital: Freetown

Currency: Leone

 


 

Somalia

Head of State: H.E. Prime Minister Hassan Abshir Farah (2001)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 638

Population in 1997 (million): 10.2

Capital: Mogadishu

Currency: Somali Shilling


 

South Africa

Head of State: H.E. President Thabo Mbeki
(1999)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 1220

Population in 1997 (million): 43.3

Capital: Pretoria

Currency: Rand


 

Sudan

Head of State: H.E. President Omar Hassan al-Bashir (1989)

Area (‘000 sq. km): 2506

Population in 1997 (million): 27.9

Capital: Khartoum

Currency: Sudanese Dinar

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