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Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.

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About the African Union

Brief Overview
The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent.

Organs
List of the different organs of the African Union

AU Constitutive Act
The AU Constitutive Act solemnises the declaration by Africa’s leaders to uphold the ideals of the founding fathers of the OAU and AU and generations

Organizational Structure
Define the hierarchy within African Union

The African Union Gender Observatory

What is the African Union Gender Observatory
The African Union (AU) offers you the opportunity to pursue a career in a rewarding and challenging work

Mandates of the African Union Commission's Women, Gender, and Youth directorate
Mission and Strategy of the African Union Recruitment Unit

The reporting tool is now accessible to AU Member States, RECs, and CSOs,
What African Union can offer to potential and current employees and what it expects from them

WGYD utilizes the gender observatory tool to gather reports, which are then analyzed and verified prior to being published on this platform for public.

About the African Union

Brief Overview

Organs

AU Constitutive Act

Organizational Structure

The African Union Gender Observatory

What is the African Union Gender Observatory

Mandates of the African Union Commission's Women, Gender, and Youth directorate

The reporting tool is now accessible to AU Member States, RECs, and CSOs,

WGYD utilizes the gender observatory tool to gather reports, which are then analyzed and verified prior to being published on this platform for public.
Member States
The member states of the African Union are the 55 sovereign states that have ratified or acceded to the Constitutive Act of the African Union to become member states to the African Union

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Member States

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo Republic

Côte d'Ivoire

Djibouti

DR Congo

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of Uganda

Rwanda

Sahrawi Republic

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Zambia

Zimbabwe

Member States

Algeria

Angola

Benin

Botswana

Burkina Faso

Burundi

Cameroon

Cape Verde

Central African Republic

Chad

Comoros

Congo Republic

Côte d'Ivoire

Djibouti

DR Congo

Egypt

Equatorial Guinea

Eritrea

Eswatini

Ethiopia

Ethiopia

Gabon

Gambia

Ghana

Guinea

Guinea-Bissau

Kenya

Lesotho

Liberia

Libya

Madagascar

Malawi

Mali

Mauritania

Mauritius

Morocco

Mozambique

Namibia

Niger

Nigeria

Republic of Uganda

Rwanda

Sahrawi Republic

São Tomé and Príncipe

Senegal

Seychelles

Sierra Leone

Somalia

South Africa

South Sudan

Sudan

Tanzania

Togo

Tunisia

Zambia

Zimbabwe
RECs
The Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are regional groupings of African states, each led by a Head of State or Government on a rotational basis. They have developed individually and have differing but complementary roles and structures. Generally, the purpose of the RECs is to facilitate regional economic integration.

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REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES (RECs)

Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD)

East African Community (EAC)

Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD

Southern African Development Community (SADC)

REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES (RECs)

Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)

Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)

Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD)

East African Community (EAC)

Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)

Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)

Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD

Southern African Development Community (SADC)
CSOs
African CSOs include but are not limited to social groups, professional groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), community-based organisations (CBOs), voluntary organisations, cultural organisations, and social and professional organisations in Africa.

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African civil society organisations (CSOs)

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Promoting Africa’s growth and economic development by championing citizen inclusion and increased cooperation and integration of African states.

About the African Union

Brief Overview
The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of the 55 member states that make up the countries of the African Continent.
Organs
List of the different organs of the African Union
AU Constitutive Act
The AU Constitutive Act solemnises the declaration by Africa’s leaders to uphold the ideals of the founding fathers of the OAU and AU and generations
Organizational Structure
Define the hierarchy within African Union

The African Union Gender Observatory

What is the African Union Gender Observatory
The African Union (AU) offers you the opportunity to pursue a career in a rewarding and challenging work
Mandates of the African Union Commission's Women, Gender, and Youth directorate
Mission and Strategy of the African Union Recruitment Unit
The reporting tool is now accessible to AU Member States, RECs, and CSOs,
What African Union can offer to potential and current employees and what it expects from them
WGYD utilizes the gender observatory tool to gather reports, which are then analyzed and verified prior to being published on this platform for public.

About the African Union

Brief Overview
Organs
AU Constitutive Act
Organizational Structure

The African Union Gender Observatory

What is the African Union Gender Observatory
Mandates of the African Union Commission's Women, Gender, and Youth directorate
The reporting tool is now accessible to AU Member States, RECs, and CSOs,
WGYD utilizes the gender observatory tool to gather reports, which are then analyzed and verified prior to being published on this platform for public.

The member states of the African Union are the 55 sovereign states that have ratified or acceded to the Constitutive Act of the African Union to become member states to the African Union

Member States

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
DR Congo
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of Uganda
Rwanda
Sahrawi Republic
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Zambia
Zimbabwe

Member States

Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Central African Republic
Chad
Comoros
Congo Republic
Côte d'Ivoire
Djibouti
DR Congo
Egypt
Equatorial Guinea
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Mauritania
Mauritius
Morocco
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Republic of Uganda
Rwanda
Sahrawi Republic
São Tomé and Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
South Africa
South Sudan
Sudan
Tanzania
Togo
Tunisia
Zambia
Zimbabwe

The Regional Economic Communities (RECs) are regional groupings of African states, each led by a Head of State or Government on a rotational basis. They have developed individually and have differing but complementary roles and structures. Generally, the purpose of the RECs is to facilitate regional economic integration.

REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES (RECs)

Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD)
East African Community (EAC)
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD
Southern African Development Community (SADC)

REGIONAL ECONOMIC COMMUNITIES (RECs)

Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
Community of Sahel–Saharan States (CEN–SAD)
East African Community (EAC)
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD
Southern African Development Community (SADC)

African CSOs include but are not limited to social groups, professional groups, non-governmental organisations (NGOs), community-based organisations (CBOs), voluntary organisations, cultural organisations, and social and professional organisations in Africa.

African civil society organisations (CSOs)

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Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Tel: +251 11 551 77 00
Fax: +251 11 551 78 44

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