the African Union. The bloc was launched on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa. The intention of the AU was to replace the Organisation of African Unity...

were formerly part of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. Following World War I, the Union of South Africa was a signatory of the Treaty...

The Chairperson of the African Union is the ceremonial head of the African Union (AU) elected by the Assembly of Heads of State and Government for a one-year...

War II, and established the Organisation of African Unity in 1963, the predecessor to the African Union. The nascent countries decided to keep their...

of Africa African diaspora African, an adjective referring to something of, from, or related to the African Union Citizenship of the African Union Demographics...

The Chairperson of the African Union Commission is the head of the African Union Commission. On 30 January 2017, after seven rounds of voting, Chad's...

The African Union Mission in Somalia (AMISOM) was a Multinational force formed by the African Union. The operation deployed to Somalia soon after the...

member states of the African Union are the 55 sovereign states that have ratified or acceded to the Constitutive Act of the African Union to become member...

Southern African Customs Union (SACU) is a customs union among five countries of Southern Africa: Botswana, Eswatini, Lesotho, Namibia and South Africa. Its...

for African solidarity and the blood shed for the liberation of Africa. Emblem of the African Union Pan-African colours Pan-African flag "8th African Union...

Pan-African thought influenced the establishment of the Organisation of African Unity (since succeeded by the African Union) in 1963. The African Union Commission...

Kenya African Union (KAU) was a political organization in colonial Kenya, formed in October 1944 prior to the appointment of the first African to sit...

seats to the African Group, such as on the UN Security Council or the United Nations Economic and Social Council (ECOSOC), the African Union distributes...

furtherance of African Union activities. Some of the initiatives this money will go to are an African Communication Policy and an African Common Defence...

The emblem of the African Union features a golden, boundary-less map of Africa inside two concentric circles, with stylised palm leaves shooting up on...

and the national animal of South Africa. The team has represented South African Rugby Union in international rugby union since 30 July 1891, when they played...

The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation in East Africa. The EAC's membership consists of eight states: Democratic Republic...

The African Union of Railways is an organisation under the auspices of the new African Union dealing with railways. It is similar to the International...

African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of fifteen countries of West Africa...

The African Union Transition Mission in Somalia (ATMIS) is an active African Union transition and drawdown mission from peacekeeping operations in Somalia...

The African Union-United Nations Hybrid Operation in Darfur (known by its acronym UNAMID) was a joint African Union (AU) and United Nations (UN) peacekeeping...

The African Monetary Union (AMU) is the proposed creation of an economic and monetary union for the countries of the African Union, administered by the...

common African currency and banking institutions. Africa portal History of Africa Union of African States [1] SAHO May 15th 2018. African Union replaces...

The Union of African States (French: Union des États africains), sometimes called the Ghana–Guinea–Mali Union, was a short-lived and loose regional organization...

Estados da África Central, CEEAC) is an Economic Community of the African Union for promotion of regional economic co-operation in Central Africa. It "aims...

African States.” It was later disbanded on 9 July 2002 by its last chairman, South African President Thabo Mbeki, and replaced by the African Union (AU)...

The African Union Passport is a common passport document that is set to replace existing nationally issued African Union member state passports and exempt...

The African Mathematical Union or Union Mathematique Africaine is an African organization dedicated to the development of mathematics in Africa. It was...

in 1813 as the "Union Church of Africans", where it became known as the "African Union Church". The formation of the African Union Methodist Protestant...

The Kenya African National Union (KANU) is a Kenyan political party that ruled for nearly 40 years after Kenya's independence from British colonial rule...