Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)

The objectives of the subject “Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)” are the following:

1. To understand the aims of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States
2. To evaluate the benefits for the member countries of the CEN-SAD
3. To analyse the areas of cooperation and programs of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States
4. To learn about the role of the Sahel-Saharan Bank for Investment and Trade

Description: Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD).

The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) is a framework for the African Integration in the Sahel region.

The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) tries to work, together with the other African Regional Economic Communities and the African Union, to intensify the peace, security, and stability and to reach a global economic and social development.

The members of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) are Benin, Burkina Faso, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad,  Comoros, Djibouti, Egypt, Eritrea, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Ivory Coast, Libya, Mali, Mauritania, Morocco, Niger, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Togo, and Tunisia.

1. The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) was created in 1998 in Tripoli (Libya - Africa)
2. The Treaty on the creation of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States was signed by Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, and Sudan
3. The first phase (three years) of the CEN-SAD regional food security programme was initiated in 2003 in Burkina Faso, Mali, Niger, Chad, and Sudan greatly exposed to the recurrent food insecurity risks with the financial aid of 9.3 million dollars of Libya

The main religion of the Community of Sahel-Saharan States member countries is Islam.

The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD) belongs to the African Civilisation.

1. West African Economic Area
2. East African Economic Area
3. Central African Economic Area
4. Maghrebian Economic Area

Trans-African Corridors related to the CEN-SAD region:

1. Algiers-Lagos Corridor
2. Cairo-Dakar
3. Tripoli-Windhoek Corridor
4. Cairo-Gaborone Corridor
5. Trans-Sahelian Highway
6. Lagos-Mombasa

Largest ports in the Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD):

1. Port of Cotonou
2. Port of Djibouti
3. Port Said (Suez Canal)
4. Port of Casablanca
5. Port of Lagos
6. Port of Dakar
7. Port Sudan
8. Port of Lomé
9. Port of Goulette

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Tunisian Trade Agreements: European Union, EUROMED, Afro-Arab Cooperation, EFTA, Turkey...

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