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> Who We Are & What We Do > Regional and National Networks > Regional and International Organizations > African Union (AU)

• Organizations
  
  • Commonwealth
  • Non-Aligned Movement
  • African Union (AU)
  • African, Caribbean, and Pacific Group of States (ACP)
  • Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
  • Monetary and Economic Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)
  • The Indian Ocean Commission (Commission de l’Océan Indien)
  • Andean Community
  • Organization of American States (OAS)
  • Organization of Eastern Caribbean States (OECS)
  • Rio Group
  • Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN)
  • Pacific Islands Forum
  • South Asian Association for Regional Cooperation (SAARC)
  • Council of Europe
  • European Union
  • Organisation for Security and Cooperation in Europe (OSCE)
  • Gulf Cooperation Council
  • League of Arab States

www.africa-union.org
Objectives: to achieve greater unity among African States; to defend states' integrity and independence; to accelerate political, social, and economic integration; to encourage international cooperation; to promote democratic principles and institutions. The AU is the biggest and the most important intergovernmental organization in the continent with the widest objectives including various issues.

Members (53): all African countries (except Morocco)
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, and Zimbabwe.