The Regional Economic Communities

• The Arab Maghreb Union (AMU), with five members.
  
  
• The Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA), with 20 members.
  
  
• The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS), with 10 members.
  
  
• The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS), with 15 members.
  
  
• The Southern African Development Community (SADC), with 14 members.

• The Inter-Governmental Authority on Development (IGAD), with seven members in eastern Africa.
  
  
• The Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD), with 18 members.

In addition, six other RECs are geographically limited or subsets of larger RECs:

• The West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA), with eight members, all also belonging to ECOWAS.
  
  
• The Mano River Union (MRU), with three members, also belonging to ECOWAS.
  
  
• The Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC), with six members, also belonging to ECCAS.
  
  
• The Economic Community of Great Lake Countries (CEPGL), with three countries, also belonging to ECCAS.
  
  
• The East African Community (EAC), with three members, two belonging to COMESA and one to SADC.
  
  
• The Indian Ocean Commission (IOC), with five members, four belonging to COMESA and one to SADC.
  
  
• The Southern African Customs Union (SACU), with five members, all of which belong to SADC and two to COMESA.