Conseil de l'Entente | |
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 Countries in the Conseil de l'Entente | |
| Secretariat | Abidjan |
| Membership | Côte d'Ivoire,Niger,Upper Volta (nowBurkina Faso),Dahomey (nowBenin),Togo |
| Establishment | |
• Establishment | May 1959 |
TheConseil de l'Entente ("Council of Accord" or "Council of Understanding") is aWest African regional co-operation forum established in May 1959 byCôte d'Ivoire,Niger,Upper Volta (nowBurkina Faso) andDahomey (nowBenin), and joined in 1966 byTogo.
The body grew out of the short-livedSahel-Benin Union, which was itself created by the four original Council members as a partial successor to the dissolvedFrench regional colonial federation ofFrench West Africa.
Since 1966, the Council has possessed a permanent administrative Secretariat based inAbidjan, the largest city of Côte d'Ivore. A Mutual Aid and Loan Guarantee Fund exists to assist poorer members from a common pool.
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