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 | Former UK and Dutch colony. The woman and children are one of the worldwide leaders of victims of rapes. |
| 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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