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- Abdoulaye Wade, President of the Republic of Senegal
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- Alhaji Dr. Yahya A.J.J. Jammeh, President of the Republic of The Gambia
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- Carlos Gomes, Prime Minister of Guinea-Bissau
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- Blaise Compaore, President of Burkina Faso, and his wife, Mrs. Chantal Compaore
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- Dr. Ernest Bai Koroma, President of the Republic of Sierra Leone, and his wife, Mrs. Koroma
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- Faure Gnassingbe, President of the Togolese Republic
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- Jean-Marie Ehouzou, Minister of Foreign Affairs, African Integration, Francophonie, and the Beninese Diaspora of the Republic of Benin
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- Chief Ojo Maduekwe, C.F.R., Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, and his wife, Mrs. Maduekwe
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- Youssouf Bakayoko, Minister of Foreign Affairs of the Republic of Cote d’Ivoire (Ivory Coast)
First Lady Michelle Obama and President Obama pose for portraits with dignitaries and heads of state from west Africa. To see the rest of the photos in this series, visit our 2009 UN Portraits page.