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West Africa is composed of 18 countries stretching from Cape Verde in the western part of the continent to Chad in the east. The region includes fifteen countries that are members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) plus Cameroon, Chad and Mauritania. It covers a surface area of 7,800,000 km², equivalent to 2.5 times that of the European Union and approximately 85% of Canada or the United States.

 

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Benin | Burkina Faso | Cameroon | Cape Verde | Chad | Côte d'Ivoire | Gambia (the) | Ghana | Guinea | Guinea-Bissau | Mali | Mauritania | Niger | Nigeria | Liberia | Senegal | Sierra Leone | Togo

 

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JUST PUBLISHED

West Africa Observer

This quarterly review analyses major political, economic and social trends in West Africa from a regional point of view.

REGIONAL INTEGRATION

Web Atlas on Regional Integration

The Atlas aims to increase understanding of regional integration dynamics in West Africa and thereby hopes to facilitate the building of a regional space in West Africa.