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Foreign relations of the African Union

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Foreign relations of the African Union
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The individual member states of the African Union (AU) coordinate foreign policy through this agency, in addition to conducting their own international relations on a state-by-state basis. The AU represents the interests of African peoples at large in intergovernmental organizations (IGO's); for instance, it is a permanent observer at the United Nations' General Assembly.

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Other intergovernmental organizations

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Membership of the AU overlaps with other IGO's, and occasionally these third-party organizations and the AU will coordinate matters of public policy.

Political

Non-Aligned Movement (Every AU member state, except South Sudan and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

Commonwealth of Nations:

  • Botswana
  • Cameroon
  • Eswatini
  • Gabon
  • The Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Malawi
  • Mauritius
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • Seychelles
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Togo
  • Uganda
  • Zambia

Regional

Arab League:

  • Egypt
  • Sudan
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Tunisia
  • Algeria
  • Mauritania
  • Somalia
  • Djibouti
  • Comoros
  • Eritrea

Arab Maghreb Union:

  • Algeria
  • Libya
  • Mauritania
  • Morocco
  • Tunisia

Community of Sahel-Saharan States:

  • Libya
  • Burkina Faso
  • Mali
  • Niger
  • Chad
  • Sudan
  • Central African Republic
  • Eritrea
  • Djibouti
  • The Gambia
  • Senegal
  • Benin
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Egypt
  • Ghana
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Liberia
  • Morocco
  • Nigeria
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • Togo
  • Tunisia

Conseil de l'Entente:

  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Niger
  • Togo

Economic

Greater Arab Free Trade Area:

  • Algeria
  • Egypt
  • Libya
  • Morocco
  • Sudan
  • Tunisia

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries:

  • Burundi
  • D.R. Congo
  • Rwanda

G20 developing nations:

  • Egypt
  • Nigeria
  • South Africa
  • Tanzania
  • Zimbabwe

G-20 major economies:

  • South Africa

G33:

  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Democratic Republic of Congo
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Kenya
  • Mauritius
  • Madagascar
  • Mozambique
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Tanzania
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

G90:

  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Rep. Congo
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Democratic Republic of the Congo
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • Gabon
  • The Gambia
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea Bissau
  • Kenya
  • Lesotho
  • Madagascar
  • Malawi
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • South Africa
  • Swaziland
  • Tanzania
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Group of 77:

  • Algeria
  • Angola
  • Benin
  • Botswana
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Republic of the Congo
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Democratic 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
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Namibia
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Rwanda
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Somalia
  • South Africa
  • Sudan
  • Swaziland
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
  • Tanzania
  • Zambia
  • Zimbabwe

Indian Ocean Commission:

  • Comoros
  • Madagascar
  • Mauritius
  • Seychelles

Liptako–Gourma Authority:

  • Burkina Faso,
  • Mali
  • Niger

Mano River Union:

  • Guinea
  • Liberia
  • Sierra Leone

OPEC:

  • Algeria
  • Libya
  • Nigeria

Linguistic

Community of Portuguese Language Countries:

  • Angola
  • Cape Verde
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Mozambique
  • São Tomé and Príncipe

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie:

  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Burundi
  • Cameroon
  • Cape Verde
  • Central African Republic
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Congo, Democratic Republic of the
  • Congo, Republic of
  • Ivory Coast
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • Equatorial Guinea
  • Gabon
  • Ghana
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Madagascar
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Mauritius
  • Morocco
  • Niger
  • Rwanda
  • São Tomé and Príncipe
  • Senegal
  • Seychelles
  • Togo
  • Tunisia

Organization of Ibero-American States:

  • Equatorial Guinea

Religious

Organisation of Islamic Cooperation:

  • Algeria
  • Benin
  • Burkina Faso
  • Cameroon
  • Chad
  • Comoros
  • Côte d'Ivoire
  • Djibouti
  • Egypt
  • Gabon
  • The Gambia
  • Guinea
  • Guinea-Bissau
  • Libya
  • Mali
  • Mauritania
  • Morocco
  • Mozambique
  • Niger
  • Nigeria
  • Senegal
  • Sierra Leone
  • Sudan
  • Somalia
  • Tunisia
  • Uganda
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Diplomatic missions

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African Union Representational Mission to the U.S. in Washington, D.C.
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Barack Obama greets Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini Zuma, Chairman of the African Union, Blue Room during a U.S.–Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014. White House photo by Amanda Lucidon.

The African Union maintains special diplomatic representation with the United States,[1] European Union, and as of 2022 has plans for a mission to the People's Republic of China.[2] In 2011, the United States Mission to the African Union donated a state of the art multimedia box to the cash-starved African Union in a formal ceremony, in which they also presented new interns who will be trained to use it.[3]

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Foreign relations of constituent states

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References

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