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Friday, January 27, 2012

African Union(AU)

The African Union(AU) is a union consisting of 54 African Countries established on July 9,2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU).The only all-African state not in the AU is Morocco.


The African Union is made up of both political and administrative bodies. The highest decision-making organ is the Assembly of the African Union, made up of all the heads of state or government of member states of the AU.


The AU also has a representative body, the Pan African Parliament(PAP) established on March 18,2004 consists of 265 members elected by the national parliaments of the AU member states.
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. Initially the seat of the Pan-African Parliament was in  Addis Ababa,Ethiopia but it was later moved to Midrand,South Africa. 






The AU's secretariat, the African Union Commission , is based in Addis Ababa,Ethiopia.













The following countries are members of the African Union

Algeria
Angola                     
                                               
                                             
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi



Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Comoros



Democratic Republic of the Congo
 Republic of the Congo 
Côte d'Ivoire 
Djibouti       



 Egypt 
Equatorial Guinea 
Eritrea
Ethiopia

 Gabon 
Gambia 
Ghana 
Guinea-Bissau 
Guinea 

Kenya 

Lesotho 
Liberia
 Libya

 Malawi
 Mali 
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


African Union(AU) Chooses First Female Leader

 

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma(63) South, South Africa's Home Affairs Minister, was elected chair of the AU Commission on Sunday July 15,2012 at a summit of heads of state and government in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

The South African President, Jacob Zuma, former husband of the winning candidate, emerged from the conference hall where the voting had taken place to announce that "Africa is happy!" Her victory would empower women, he added.   

Dlamini-Zuma is the first woman to lead the continent since the Organisation of African Unity, later the AU, was founded in 1963. She is also the first from southern Africa.

Dlamini-Zuma, South Africa's home affairs minister, beats incumbent Jean Ping of Gabon.

 

First Woman Chief of AU Takes Charge

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma waved an African Union flag, tapped a wooden gavel and became the first woman to take office as the Chairperson of the African Union Commission (AUC) at the A.U. headquarters in Addis Ababa on Monday Oct 15,2012

 

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