The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS) was created by the Treaty of Lagos on May 28, 1975, in Lagos, Lagos State, Nigeria. ECOWAS was established to promote cooperation and integration in order to create an economic and monetary union for promoting economic growth and development in West Africa.
State parties
(Signed in 1977)
– suspended from Community after 2008 coup d'état."African Union bars Guinea on coup" bbc.co.uk 29 December 2008 Link accessed 29/12/08 – suspended from Community after 2009 auto-coup"Regional group suspends Niger on disputed election". news.yahoo.com 20 October 2009 - suspended from Community after 2010 elections"Cote d'Ivoire expelled from Ecowas". aljazeera.net 7 December 2010
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