Treaty of Lagos

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

<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><br /> – suspended from Community after 2008 coup d'état bbc.co.uk 29 December 2008 Link accessed 29/12/08 – suspended from Community after 2009 auto-coup. news.yahoo.com 20 October 2009 - suspended from Community after 2010 elections. aljazeera.net 7 December 2010

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