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BENIN
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a Unitary presidential
republic
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French
Porto-Novo
44,310 sq miles
11 million (2018)
$28 billion (2018)
CFA franc
28% Islam
25% Catholic
25% Protestant
6% None
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President since 2016
PATRICE TALON
Born 1958
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BURKINA FASO
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a Unitary
semi-presidential
republic
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French
Ouagadougou
105,900 sq miles
20 million (2017)
$42 million (2019)
CFA franc
61% Islam
23% Christian
15% Indigenous
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President since 2015
ROCH MARC CHRISTIAN
KABORE
Born 1957
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Prime Minister since 2019
CHRISTOPHE JOSEPH
MARIE DABIRE
Born 1948
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COTE D'IVOIRE
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IVORY COAST
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a Unitary presidential
constitutional republic under
a parliamentary system
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French
Yamoussoukro
124,504 sq miles
24 million (2018)
$106 billion (2018)
CFA franc
43% Islam
34% Christian
19% None
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President since 2010
ALASSANE OUATTARA
Born 1942
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Prime Minister since 2017
AMADOU GON COULIBALY
Born 1959
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GAMBIA
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a Unitary presidential
republic
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English
Banjul
4,127 sq miles
2 million (2017)
$4 billion (2017)
Dalasi
96% Islam
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Prime Minister since 2017
ADAMA BARROW
Born 1965
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GHANA
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a unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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English
Accra
92,497 sq miles
28 million (2016)
$211 billion (2019)
Ghanaian cedi
57% Christian
16% Islam
10% Catholic
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President since 2017
NANA AKUFO-ADDO
Born 1944
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GUINEA
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a Unitary presidential
republic
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Conakry
94,926 sq miles
12 million (2018)
$26 billion (2017)
Guinean franc
85% Islam
8% Christian
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President since 2010
ALPHA CONDE
Born 1938
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Prime Minister since 2018
IBRAHIMA KASSORY
FONFANA
Born 1954
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GUINEA-BISSAU
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a Unitary
semi-presidential republic
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Portuguese
Bissau
13,948 sq miles
2 million (2018)
$3 billion (2018)
CFA franc
45% Islam
38% Indigenous
19% Christian
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President since 2020
UMARO SISSOCO EMBALO
Born 1972
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Prime Minister since 2019
FAUSTINO IMBALI
Born 1956
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LIBERIA
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a Unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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Monrovia
43,000 sq miles
5 million (2015)
$6 billion (2019)
Liberian dollar
76% Protestant
12% Islam
7% Catholic
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President since 2018
GEORGE WEAH
Born 1966
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MAURITANIA
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a Unitary
semi-presidential
Islamic republic
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Arabic
Nouakchott
400,000 sq miles
4 million (2018)
$18 billion (2018)
Ouguiya
100% Islam
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President since 2019
MOHAMED OULD
GHAZOUANI
Born 1956
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Prime Minister since 2019
ISMAIL SIDIYA
Born 1961
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MALI
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a Unitary semi-presidential
republic
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French
Bamako
478,841 sq miles
19 million (2018)
$44 billion (2018)
CFA franc
90% Islam
5% Christian
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Interim President
Since Sept 2020
BAH NDAW
Born 1950
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Prime Minister
Since Sep 2020
MOCTAR QUANE
Born 1955
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NIGER
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a Unitary semi-presidential
republic
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French
Niamey
489,000 sq miles
22 million (2018)
$23 billion (2018)
CFA franc
99% Islam
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President since 2011
MAHAMADOU ISSOUFOU
Born 1952
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Prime Minister since 2011
BRIGI RAFINI
Born 1953
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NIGERIA
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a Federal presidential
constitutional republic
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Abuja
356,669 sq miles
201 million (2019)
$1 trillion (2019)
Naira
52% Islam
47% Christian
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President since 2015
MUHAMMADU BUHARI
Born 1942
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SENEGAL
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a Unitary presidential
republic
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Dakar
76,000 sq miles
16 million (2018)
$66 billion (2020)
CFA franc
96% Islam
4% Catholic
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President since 2012
Macky Sali
Born 1961
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President of the National Assembly
since 2012
Moustapha Niasse
Born 1939
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SIERRA LEONE
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a Unitary presidential
constitutional republic
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English
Freetown
27,700 sq miles
7 million (2015)
$4 billion (2008)
Leone
77% Islam
22% Christian
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President since 2018
JULIUS MAADA BIO
Born 1964
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TOGO
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a Unitary dominant-party
presidential republic
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French
Lome
21,925 sq miles
8 million (2017)
$6 billion (2019)
CFA franc
33% Animism
28% Catholic
20% Islam
9% Protestant
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President since 2005
FAURE GNASSINGBE
Born 1966
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Prime Minister since 2015
KOMI SELOM FLASSOU
Born 1960
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