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African Union

General information
Name
African Union

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African Union

الاتحاد الأفريقي
Union africaine
União Africana
Unión Africana
Umoja wa Afrika

AnthemLet Us All Unite and Celebrate Together 
Administrative centerPolitical capitals
Official Languages5
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Arabic
French
English
Spanish
Portuguese
Swahili
Any African language
Member States54
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Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros

Democratic Republic of the Congo
Republic of the Congo
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

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Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Swaziland
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Uganda
Zambia
Zimbabwe
DemonymAfrican
Government
AssemblyTeodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
CommissionJean Ping
Pan-African ParliamentIdriss Ndele Moussa
LegislaturePan-African Parliament
OAU Charter25 May 1963
Abuja Treaty3 June 1991
Sirte Declaration9 July 2002
Geography
Total Area11486549.4 sq mi (29757900 km2)
Demography
Population Est.967810000
Density (pop.)32.5/km2 (84.2/sq mi)
Economy
GDP PPPUS$ 2.849 trillion (2010)
GDP (PPP) per capita$2,943.76
GDP (nominal)US$1.627 trillion } (2010)
GDP (nominal) per capita$1,681.12
Other information
CurrencySee list
Website 
Calling codeSee list

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The African Union (abbreviated AU in English, and UA in its other official languages) is a union consisting of 54 African states. The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco. Established on 9 July 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). The most important decisions of the AU are made by the Assembly of the African Union, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its member states. The AU's secretariat, the African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.


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