West Africa is composed of the following tropical Atlantic coastal nations:

Benin, Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Cote d'Ivoire, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Liberia, Nigeria, Senegal, Sierra Leone and Togo.

Benin

Capital: Porto-Novo

Burkina Faso

Capital: Ouagadougou

Cameroon

Capital: Yaounde

Cape Verde

Capital: Praia

Cote d'Ivoire

Capital: Abidjan

Gambia

Capital: Banjul

Ghana

Capital: Accra

Guinea

Capital: Conakry

Guinea-Bissau

Capital: Bissau

Liberia

Capital: Monrovia

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Nigeria

Capital: Abuja

Senegal

Capital: Dakar

Sierra Leone

Capital: Freetown

Togo

Capital: Lome