Mano River Union

Mano River Union ; MRU
	; Member States
French name	Union du Fleuve Mano
Organization type	Regional economic cooperation
Seat of the organs	Freetown ( Sierra Leone )
Chair	Medina Wesseh (General Secretary)
Member States	4 : Ivory Coast (since 2008) ; Guinea (since 1980) ; Liberia (since 1973) ; Sierra Leone (since 1973) ;
Official and working languages	English; French;
surface	741,438 km²
population	49.24 million
Population density	66.04 inhabitants per km²
gross domestic product	67610000000 US $
founding	1973 (founded in 2004 )
Currencies	CFA Franc BCEAO (XOF); Guinea Franc (GNF); Liberian dollar (LRD); Leone (SLL);
Time zone	UTC ± 0
	mru.int

The Mano River Union (MRU), also French Union du Fleuve Mano , is an intergovernmental organization in West Africa , to which the countries of Ivory Coast , Guinea , Sierra Leone and Liberia belong. Its name is derived from the Mano , the border river between the two founding states Liberia and Sierra Leone.

The MRU was originally founded in 1973 in Sierra Leone, and Guinea joined in 1980. However , it ceased operations during the civil wars in Liberia and Sierra Leone . On May 20, 2004, the MRU was founded in Guinea and in 2008 the Ivory Coast also joined the organization.

The MRU's headquarters are in Freetown , Sierra Leone. There are also offices in Nzérékoré (Guinea), Kenema (Sierra Leone), Nimba (Liberia) and Danané (Ivory Coast).

The task of the MRU is the economic strengthening of the region, trade, the harmonization of telecommunications and post, the expansion of industry and agriculture as well as political cooperation between the member states.

Medina Wesseh from Liberia has been Secretary General since 2017 .

Member States' key figures

Source unless otherwise stated: World Fact Book , 2020

#	Country	Capital	population	Area (in km²)	GDP (billion US dollars )	GDP / capita (USD)	Official language
1	Ivory Coast Ivory Coast	Yamoussoukro	27,481,086	322,463	40,470	1473	French
2	Guinea-a Guinea	Conakry	12,527,440	245.857	10,250	881	French
3	Liberia Liberia	Monrovia	5,073,296	111,369	3.285	648	English
4th	Sierra Leone Sierra Leone	Freetown	6,624,933	71,740	3,612	545	English

Institutions

The respective institutions pursue tasks in:

Trade and customs
Peace & security
Youth affairs
Women affairs
MRU forum

Projects

The current MRU projects focus on:

HIV / AIDS
training
weapons

Web links

Official website (English)