Sahel-Benin Union Explained

Native Name:Union Sahel-Bénin (fr)
Conventional Long Name:Sahel-Benin Union
Common Name:Sahel-Benin Union
Status:Union of Republics
Status Text:Union of Republics
Year Start:1958 or 1959 ?
Year End:1959
Event Start:Proclamation
Event End:Dissolution and creation of the Conseil de l'Entente
Date End:May
P1:French West Africa
Flag P1:Flag of France.svg
S1:Conseil de l'Entente
S2:Côte d'Ivoire
Flag S2:Flag of Côte d'Ivoire.svg
S3:Niger
Flag S3:Flag of Niger.svg
S4:Republic of Upper Volta
Flag S4:Flag of Upper Volta.svg
S5:Republic of Dahomey
Flag S5:Flag of Benin.svg
Image Map Caption:Members of the Union in red
Common Languages:French
Currency:CFA Franc

Sahel-Benin Union was a short-lived union of four former French colonies of French West Africa, that were the four Republics of Upper Volta (Burkina Faso), Niger, Dahomey (Benin) and Côte d’Ivoire.

This union "was the grouping that worked in the most efficient way for the cause of African unity. This union [...] was provided with modest but functional institutions; a Council seating with the Chiefs of States, the ministers of common affairs and the presidents of the National Assemblies [Assemblées Nationales]. A customs union was set up as well as sinking fund. A political, economic and military coordination developed.".[1] Nevertheless, it lasted only for a short time and was replaced by May 1959 far more modestly by the Conseil de l'Entente.

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  1. http://www.integration.gouv.ci/accueil.php?page=historique Ivory Coast Ministry for African Integration