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The body grew out of the short-lived Sahel-Benin Union , itself created by the four original Council members as a partial successor to the dissolved French regional colonial federation of French West Africa .

Since 1966 the Council has possessed a permanent administrative Secretariat based in Abidjan , the capital of Côte d'Ivoire. A Mutual Aid and Loan Guarantee Fund exists to assist poorer members from a common pool.

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