ORGANIZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY (OAU)

The OAU was founded in 1963 to promote self-government, respect for territorialboundaries and social progress throughout the African Continent. Membership is open to allindependent African countries. Morocco withdrew from the OAU when the representative ofWestern Sahara (the Saharoui Arab Democratic Republic) was seated at the 20th OAU Assemblyof Heads of State and Government in 1984. Nine OAU members also belong to the Arab League.There are 52 members.

OAU MEMBERS

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo, Democratic Republic

of the

Congo, Republic of the

Cote d'Ivoire

Djibouti

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Ethiopia

Gabon

The Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Rwanda

Sao Tome and Principe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

South Africa

Somalia

Sudan

Swaziland

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Uganda

Western Sahara (Saharoui Arab Democratic Republic)

Zambia

Zimbabwe