African Union

African Union   (IGO)
Formation	9 July 2002
Leader	African Union/Chair
Type	Continental union
Subpage	•African Union/Chair

The African Union was founded as the Organization of African Unity.

 

Known members

46 of the 47 of the members already have pages here:

Member	Description
Algeria	A nation on the Mediterranean Sea. The largest country in Africa, formerly colonised by France.
Angola	South West African state
Benin	French speaking country in West Africa.
Botswana	Country in Southern Africa. Formerly part of the British Empire, Botswana is one of the most sparsely populated countries in the world.
Burkina Faso	African country; formely part of the French Empire.
Burundi	Very small African nation, formerly part of the Belgian Empire. Their president died under mysterious circumstances during COVID.
Cameroon	West African state
Cape Verde	African island nation. Independence from Portugal in 1975.
Central African Republic	Unstable, poor African country. They speak Sango and French in the CAR.
Chad	Arabic and French speaking desert nation in North Africa. Formerly part of the French Empire, Chad has seen instability in recent years.
Comoros	Obscure island nation off the east coast of Africa. A nation formed at a crossroads of different civilisations, The Comoros is noted for its diverse culture.
Côte d'Ivoire	The Ivory Coast.
Democratic Republic of the Congo	A large country in central Africa, the majority of the former 'Belgian Congo'.
Djibouti	small country in East Africa.
Egypt	Strategically important due particularly to the Suez canal.
Equatorial Guinea	Very small country in Central Africa, between Gabon and Cameroon. Rich in oil.
Eritrea	The only country in the world without anyone "vaccinated" against "Coronavirus".
Eswatini	Small African Kingdom; surrounded by South Africa.
Ethiopia	The most populous landlocked country in the world.
Gabon	French speaking country on the west coast of Africa.
Gambia	The smallest country in mainland Africa.
Ghana	Formerly known as the "Gold Coast", Ghana has one of the most stable governments in Africa. A member of the African Union and the Commonwealth of Nations
Guinea	French speaking country in West Africa.
Guinea-Bissau	Portuguese ex-colony "narco-state" in West Africa.
Kenya	Former UK colony in East Africa
Lesotho	Small landlocked nation in Africa.
Liberia	The only state in Africa never subjected to colonial rule and Africa's oldest republic.
Libya	Libya has larger proven oil reserves than any other African nation, ranking 9th in the world. It was provided with a lot of bomb making equipment in the late 1970s in the Arms for Libya clandestine weapons deal. NATO airstrikes killed 60,000 Libyan civilians in 2011.
Madagascar	A large island off southern Africa
Malawi	Former UK colony in East Africa
Mali	Former French colony in West Africa
Mauritania	African country that banned slavery in 2007.
Mauritius	Island nation in the Indian Ocean. Now a tax haven.
Morocco
Mozambique	South East African state, former Portuguese colony, now in the British Commonwealth.
Namibia	A diamond rich territory, formerly occupied by South Africa
Niger	West African country, CIA has its own drone base separately from the army here. It still couldn't stop several coup attempts in the 2020s.
Nigeria	Africa's most populous nation state, with large reserves of oil and gas.
Republic of the Congo	French-speaking country in Africa.
Rwanda
Senegal	Country in Africa, former French colony.
Seychelles
Sierra Leone	A global cocaine trafficking hub in West Africa
Somalia	War torn country in Eastern Africa, was still attacking passing ships with "pirates" in the 2000s.
South Africa	A former British and Dutch colony
São Tomé and Príncipe	A Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea.

 

Related Document

Title	Type	Publication date	Author(s)	Description
Document:Gaddafi's 2009 speech: "Let's call it the UN Terror Council"	Speech	23 September 2009	Muammar Gaddafi	No one is above the UN General Assembly. All nations should be and should be seen to be on an equal footing. At present, the UN Security Council is security feudalism, political feudalism for those with permanent seats, protected by them and used against us. It should be called, not the UN Security Council, but the UN Terror Council.

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