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New FAO press club for UEMOA states

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    A new FAO press club dedicated to member countries of the largely
    French-speaking West African economic and monetary group, the Union economique et monetaire ouest-africaine (UEMOA), was inaugurated in Rome on Thursday, the FAO said .

    Presided over by FAO Director-General Jacques Diouf, the ceremony was also attended by the presidents of Cote d'Ivoire and Senegal, Henri Konan Bedie and Abdou Diouf.

    Inaugurating the facility, financed by UEMOA, Jacques Diouf said the club was an indication of the importance attached by West African leaders to "the struggle against world hunger". UEMOA comprises Benin, Burkina Faso, Cote d'Ivoire, Mali, Niger, Niger, Senegal and Togo. Portuguese-speaking Guinea-Bissau is the only non-Francophone member of the group.

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