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|members=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 | |members=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 |
Latest revision as of 20:58, 16 July 2017
Organisation of African Unity | |
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Abbreviation | OAU |
Leaders | • Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity • Secretary General of the Organisation of African Unity |
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 | |
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 | A populous, highly oil/gas rich nation in Africa. |
Rwanda | |
Senegal | |
Seychelles | |
Sierra Leone | A global cocaine trafficking hub in West Africa |
Somalia | |
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 |
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