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The region known as West Africa generally refers to the western upper part of the African continent mostly countries along the Atlantic coastal line of the Gulf of Guinea from Cameroon to Mauritania. Most of the countries in this region are members of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS). In line with the current membership of the Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), formed in 1975, West Africa has been defined as including the fifteen countries of Benin, Burkina-Faso, Cape Verde, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Mali, Niger, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo. However, since this book is divided into four African regions namely Eastern, Western, Northern and Southern Africa, coverage of Western Africa includes more countries than those in ECOWAS.
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Othieno, H., Awange, J. (2016). Energy Resources in Western and Central Africa. In: Energy Resources in Africa. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-25187-5_4
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