African Union

The African Union recently became a full member of the G-20.

About African Union (AU):

• AU is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent.
• It was officially launched in 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU, 1963-1999).
• The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, in 1999.
• The bloc was founded in 2001 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and launched in 2002 in Durban, South Africa.
• The AU’s secretariat, the African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa.
• 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.

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