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African Group
Members
B
- Benin (BJ)
- Botswana (BW)
- Burkina Faso (BF)
- Burundi (BI)
C
- Cabo Verde (CV)
- Cameroon (CM)
- Chad (TD)
- Comoros (KM)
- Congo (CG)
- Côte d'Ivoire (CI)
D
- Djibouti (DJ)
E
- Egypt (EG)
- Equatorial Guinea (GQ)
- Eswatini (SZ)
- Ethiopia (ET)
G
- Gabon (GA)
- Gambia (GM)
- Ghana (GH)
- Guinea (GN)
- Guinea-Bissau (GW)
K
- Kenya (KE)
M
- Madagascar (MG)
- Malawi (MW)
- Mali (ML)
- Mauritania (MR)
- Mauritius (MU)
- Morocco (MA)
- Mozambique (MZ)
R
- Rwanda (RW)
S
- Senegal (SN)
- Seychelles (SC)
- Sierra Leone (SL)
- Somalia (SO)
- South Africa (ZA)
- South Sudan (SS)
U
- Uganda (UG)
African group
Contact
Chairperson: Ms. Dr. Tulia Ackson (United Republic of Tanzania)
Speaker of the National Assembly of the United Republic of Tanzania
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected], [email protected]
Coordinator: Mr. Boubacar Gado Idi
Secretary General, African Parliamentary Union
30, Bd. Roume
B.P. V314
Abidjan
Côte d'Ivoire
Fax: +225 20 30 44 05, +225 20 30 44 09
Tel.: +225 20 30 39 70, +225 20 30 39 74
E-mail: [email protected], [email protected]
