Community of Sahel-Saharan States facts for kids
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تجمع دول الساحل والصحراء
Communauté des États Sahélo-Sahariens Community of Sahel-Saharan States
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| Headquarters |  Tripoli, Libya |
| Official languages | Arabic English French Portuguese |
| Type | Trade bloc |
| Membership | 29 member states |
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• Secretary General
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Mohamed Al-Madani Al-Azhari |
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• Agreement signed
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4 February 1998 |
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Website
http://www.uneca.org/cen-sad/fr/index.htm |
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The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) aims to create a free trade area.
CEN-SAD was started in February 1998 by six countries. Since then its membership has grown to 29. One of its main goals is to get economic unity through the free movement of people and goods. This is to make the member states a free trade area.
List of members
Founding members:
Countries that joined later:
Central African Republic (1999)
Eritrea (1999)
Djibouti (2000)
Gambia (2000)
Senegal (2000)
Egypt (2001)
Morocco (2001)
Nigeria (2001)
Somalia (2001)
Tunisia (2001)
Benin (2002)
Togo (2002)
Côte d'Ivoire (2004)
Guinea-Bissau (2004)
Liberia (2004)
Ghana (2005)
Sierra Leone (2005)
Comoros (2007)
Guinea (2007)
Kenya (2008)
Mauritania (2008)
São Tomé and Príncipe (2008)
Cape Verde (2009)
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