Website: African Union
Headquarters: Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Established: 9 July 2002. Successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU)

Organs of the African Union:

The African Union has 54 Members:
Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cameroon, Cape Verde, Central African Republic, Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Djibouti, Egypt, Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Gabon, Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Malawi, Mauritania, Mauritius, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, São Tomé and Príncipe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Swaziland, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Member Observers
Haiti is a Member Observer and is current pending full Associate Member status due at the AU summit in July 2012.
Suspended Members:
Former members:
Videos
Al Jazeera English | Inside Story - Peacekeeper deaths in Darfur | 01 Oct. 2007
Inside Story investigates the fallout following the deaths of 10 AU peacekeepers in Darfur.
Al Jazeera English | The changing face of Darfur’s peace missions | 26 Nov 2007
The makeup of the joint United Nations and African Union Force is going to be crucial to the success or failure of the mission in Sudan’s Darfur region.
Rebels there have demanded that China pull out its peacekeepers who are preparing for next January’s handover. Mohammed Vall followed the African Union force and reports now on the changing faces of peace missions in Darfur.
Al Jazeera English | Inside Story - Peacekeeper deaths in Darfur | 01 Oct. 2007
Inside Story investigates the fallout following the deaths of 10 AU peacekeepers in Darfur.
Al Jazeera English | Inside Story - Hybrid force for Darfur | 18 Jun 2007
The Sudanese government has accepted a hybrid force of United Nations and African Union troops for Darfur.
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