Rwanda was a founding member but left the ECCAS in 2007 to join the East African Community (EAC)
In 1983 was created the ECCAS by the members of the Customs and Economic Union of Central Africa and the Economic Community of the Great Lakes States (Burundi, Rwanda, Zaire, and Congo) as well as São Tomé and Príncipe
The Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) has been inactive from 1992 to 1998
The Economic Community of Central African States has overlapping countries with the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (CEMAC): Chad, the Central African Republic, Congo-Brazzaville, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea, and São Tomé and Príncipe
The official languages of the ECCAS
are French and Portuguese
The population of ECCAS countries: 145 million inhabitants
The headquarters of the Central African Economic and Monetary Community (ECCAS): Libreville (Gabon)
On 24 January 2003, the EU concluded a financial agreement with the ECCAS and the CEMAC conditioned to peace and security
strengthening in Central Africa
All the ECCAS countries have Christian majorities, except Chad, which has a Muslim majority.