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There are, of course, large numbers of indigenous languages. </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Peace_operations">Peace operations</span></h2> <p>These states also comprise the ECOWAS Monitoring Group (ECOMOG) is a non-standing peace operations force that has operated in civil war in <a href="/wiki/Sierra_Leone" title="Sierra Leone">Sierra Leone</a> and is a model for future needs. <sup id="cite_ref-2" class="reference"><a href="#cite_note-2">[2]</a></sup> </p> <h2><span class="mw-headline" id="Organizations">Organizations</span></h2> <ul><li><a href="/wiki/index.php?title=West_African_Health_Organisation&action=edit&redlink=1" class="new" title="West African Health Organisation (page does not exist)">West African Health Organisation</a> <span class="plainlinks" style="font-size:0.8em;">[<a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://en.citizendium.org/wiki?action=edit&preload=Template%3ARelated_Articles_start&title=West+African+Health+Organisation/Related_Articles"><font 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column-count:2;"><div class="mw-references-wrap"><ol class="references"> <li id="cite_note-1"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-1">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="external text" id="CITEREF"><i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.comm.ecowas.int/sec/index.php?id=member&lang=en">ECOWAS Member States</a></i>, <a class="mw-selflink selflink">Economic Community of West African States</a></cite></span> </li> <li id="cite_note-2"><span class="mw-cite-backlink"><a href="#cite_ref-2">↑</a></span> <span class="reference-text"><cite style="font-style:normal" class="external text" id="CITEREFMitikishe_Maxwell_Khobe2000">Mitikishe Maxwell Khobe (February 2000), <i><a rel="nofollow" class="external text" href="http://www.iss.co.za/pubs/monographs/no44/ecomog.html">The Evolution and Conduct of ECOMOG Operations in West Africa</a></i>, <a 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