Organisation of African Unity
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Abbreviation | OAU |
Type | international |
Membership | • Burundi • Cameroon • Central African Republic • Chad • Congo • Democratic Republic of the Congo • Benin • Egypt • Ethiopia • Gabon • Ghana • Guinea • Ivory Coast • Liberia • Libya • Madagascar • Mali • Mauritania • Nigeria • Rwanda • Senegal • Sierra Leone • Somalia • Sudan • Tanzania • Togo • Tunisia • Uganda • Burkina Faso • Kenya • Malawi • Zambia • Gambia • Botswana • Lesotho • Mauritius • Swaziland • Equatorial Guinea • Guinea-Bissau • Angola • Cape Verde • Comoros • Mozambique • São Tomé and Príncipe • Seychelles • Djibouti • Zimbabwe • Western Sahara • Namibia • Eritrea • South Africa |
Known members
49 of the 51 of the members already have pages here:
Member | Description |
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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. |
Mozambique | South East African state, former Portuguese colony, now in the British Commonwealth. |
Namibia | A diamond rich territory, formerly occupied by South Africa |
Nigeria | Africa's most populous nation state, with large reserves of oil and gas. |
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 |
Sudan | On the list of seven countries which Wesley Clark stated the US military had plans to invade. An apparent coup in 2021. |
São Tomé and Príncipe | A Portuguese-speaking island nation in the Gulf of Guinea. |
Tanzania | Former UK colony in East Africa. The president, John Magufuli, who in 2020 resisted WHO pressure to institute a COVID lockdown, died in 2021. |
Togo | Small country in West Africa. |
Tunisia | |
Uganda | Former UK colony in East Africa |
Zambia | |
Zimbabwe | African country known for historically high inflation, constitutional protections for anyone but women, and CIA money laundering. |
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