African Union 2013-AUG-01

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2013-AUG-01

International Organization ANGOLA BURKINA FASO BURUNDI BENIN BOTSWANA CONGO-KINSHASA CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE COTE D''IVOIRE CAMEROON CAPE VERDE DJIBOUTI ALGERIA WESTERN SAHARA ERITREA ETHIOPIA GABON GHANA THE GAMBIA GUINEA EQUATORIAL GUINEA KENYA COMOROS LIBERIA LESOTHO LIBYA MALI MAURITANIA MAURITIUS MALAWI MOZAMBIQUE NAMIBIA NIGER NIGERIA RWANDA SEYCHELLES SUDAN SIERRA LEONE SENEGAL SOMALIA SOUTH SUDAN SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE SWAZILAND CHAD TOGO TUNISIA TANZANIA UGANDA SOUTH AFRICA ZAMBIA ZIMBABWE

	African Union : AU
Flag or Logo since 2010-01-31	African Union : AU (en) + Unión Africana : UA (es) + Union Africaine : UA (fr) + União Africana : UA (pt) + Umoja wa Afrika : UA (sw) + Al-Ittihad al-Ifriqiyah : II – الاتحاد الأفريقي (ar)	Emblem or Symbol

Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma (za)
(since 2012-10-15)





Capitals & administrative places:	Addis Ababa ^o + Midrand ^l + Arusha ^j + Dar Es Salaam ^kⁿ (Addis Abeba-Finfinne + Midrand + Arusha + Dar-Es-Salaam)	^j judicial capital ^k cultural capital ^l legislative or parliamentary capital, seat of government ⁿ economical or commercial capital ^o siege (for organizations)
Official & national languages:	*Arabic (ar) . English (en) . Spanish (es) . French (fr) . Portuguese (pt) . Swahili (sw) .*

Organisation:

AFRICAN UNION

African Union : AU (Addis Ababa + Midrand + Arusha + Dar Es Salaam)

6 Organs or similar:

AFRICAN ASSEMBLY

Assembly of the African Union : AAU (Addis Ababa)

Local:

Assembly of the African Union : AAU (en) + Asamblea de la Unión Africana : AUA (es) + Conférence de l'Union Africaine : CAF (fr) + Assembleia da União Africano : AUA (pt) + Mkutano Umoja wa Afrika : MUA (sw) + Jamiat al-ITTIHAD AL-´AFRIQI : جمعية الاتحاد الأفريقي (ar) (Addis Abeba-Finfinne)

AFRICAN COMMISSION

African Union Commission : AUC (Addis Ababa)

Local:

African Union Commission : AUC (en) + Comisión de la Unión Africana : CUA (es) + Commission de l'Union Africaine : CUA (fr) + Comissão da União Africano : CUA (pt) + Tume ya Umoja wa Afrika : TUA (sw) + Mufawwadiat al-Ittihad al'-Afriqi : MIA – مفوضية الاتحاد الأفريقي (ar) (Addis Abeba-Finfinne)

AFRICAN COURT

African Court of Justice and Human Rights : ACJHR (Arusha + Banjul)

Local:

African Court of Justice and Human Rights : ACJHR (en) + Cour Africaine de Justice et des Droits de l'Homme : CAJDH (fr) + Corte Africana de Derechos Humanos y de los Pueblos : CADHP (es) + Corte Africana de Direitos Humanos e dos Povos : CADHP (pt) + Mahakama ya Afrika ya Haki za Binadamu na za Mataifa : MAHBM (sw) + Al-Mahkamat al-Afriqiat li-Huquq al-Insan wal-Shueub : MAHIS – المحكمة الأفريقية لحقوق الإنسان والشعوب (ar) (Arusha + Banjul)

ECOSOCC

African Union Economic Social and Cultural Council : ECOSOCC (Dar Es Salaam)

Local:

African Union Economic Social and Cultural Council : ECOSOCC (en) + Conseil Culturel et Social Économique de l'Union Africaine : ECOSOCC (fr) + Consejo Económico Social y Cultural de la Unión Africana : CESCUA (es) + Al-Majlis al-Aiqtisadiu wal-Aijtimaeiu lil-Itihad al-Afriqii : MAAIA – المجلس الاقتصادي والاجتماعي للاتحاد الأفريقي (ar) (Dar-Es-Salaam)

PAN-AFRICAN PARLIAMENT

Pan-African Parliament : PAP (Midrand)

Local:

Pan-African Parliament : PAP (en) + Parlamento Pan-Africano : PAP (es) + Parlement pan-africain : PAP (fr) + Parlamento Pan-Africano : PAP (pt) + Bunge La Afrika : BLA (sw) + Barlaman Umum ´Afriqia : BUA – برلمان عموم أفريقيا (ar) (Midrand)

PEACE AND SECURITY

Peace and Security Council : PSC (Addis Ababa)

Local:

Peace and Security Council : PSC (en) + Conseil de Paix et de Sécurité : CPS (fr) + Consejo de Paz y Seguridad : CPS (es) + Conselho de Paz e Segurança : CPS (pt) + Baraza la Amani na Usalama : BAU (sw) + Majlis al-Silm wal'Amn : MSA – مجلس السلم والأمن (ar) (Addis Abeba-Finfinne)

2 Condominiums:

KAFIA KINGI

KAFIA KINGI Area [Disputed Area between Radom Locality in South Darfur and Raga County in Western Bahr El Ghazal] (Kafia Kingi + Hofrat Al-Nahas)

Local:

Mintaqah KAFIYA KINJI : مينتقات كافيا كنجي (ar) + KAFIA KINGI Area (en) (Kafiya Kinji + Hofrat En-Nahas)

UNOAU

United Nations Office to the African Union : UNOAU (Addis Ababa)

Local:

United Nations Office to the African Union : UNOAU (en) + Maktab al-´Umam al-Mutahidat ladaa al-Itihad al'-Afriqii : UNOAU – مكتب الأمم المتحدة لدى الاتحاد الأفريقي (ar) + Oficina de las Naciones Unidas ante la Unión Africana : ONUUA (es) + Bureau des Nations Unies auprès de l'Union africaine : UNOAU (fr) + Otdeleniye Organizatsii Ob´yedinennykh Natsiy pri Afrikanskom soyuze : OOONAS – Отделение Организации Объединенных Наций при Африканском союзе : ОООНАС (ru) + Liánhéguó Zhù Fēizhōu Liánméng Bànshì Chù : UNOAU – 联合国驻非洲联盟办事处 (zh) (Addis Abeba-Finfinne)

4 Assisted Countries

CENTRAL-AFRICA

Central African Republic : CAR [African-led International Support Mission in the Central African Republic : AFISM-CAR] (Bangui)

President Michel Djotodia

JUBALAND

JUBALAND State of Somalia (Buale)

President Sheikh Ahmed Mohamed Islam Madobe

MALI

Republic of Mali : RMM [United Nations Multidimensional Integrated Stabilization Mission : MINUSMA] (Bamako)

Dioncounda Traore

SOMALIA

Federal Republic of Somalia : FRS [African Union Mission in Somalia : AMISOM – United Nations Support Office for Amisom : UNSOA – United Nations Assistance Mission in Somalia : UNSOM] (Mogadishu-Hamar Weyne)

President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud

Military entities abroad, special or locally shared:

LAKE CHAD FORCE

Multinational Joint Task Force : MNJTF (Baga)

Local:

Multinational Joint Task Force : MNJTF (en) + Force Multinationale Mixte : FMM (fr) (Baga)

MISAHEL

African Union Mission for Mali and the Sahel : MISAHEL (Bamako)

Local:

African Union Mission for Mali and the Sahel : MISAHEL (en) + Mission de l'Union africaine pour le Mali et le Sahel : MISAHEL (fr) (Bamako)

OBO CAMP

OBO United States Special Forces Camp (Obo Camp)

Local:

OBO United States Special Forces Camp (en) + Camp des Forces spéciales américaines d'OBO (fr) (Obo Camp)

YAMBIO BASE

YAMBIO Brigade [African Union Multinational Force] (Yambio Base)

Local:

YAMBIO Brigade (en) (Yambio Base)

6 International Organisations or Groupings membership (selective)

AFRICA-EUROPE

Africa-European Union Partnership : AEUP (Addis Ababa)

AFRICA-FRANCE

Conference of Heads of State of Africa and France : AFRICA-FRANCE Summit (Nice)

AFRICA-SOUTH AMERICA

Africa-South America Summit : ASA (Malabo)

CHINA-AFRICA

Forum on China-Africa Cooperation : FOCAC (Beijing)

COMMON FUND

Common Fund for Commodities : CFC (Geneva)

TURKEY-AFRICA

Ministerial Review Conference of African Union-Turkey Partnership : TURKEY-AFRICA (Addis Ababa)

50 Members (excluding the associate or suspended members but including the countries represented on their behalf) [The rulers are not necessarily the representatives in the organisation. ] :

ANGOLA	(Luanda)	President Jose Eduardo dos Santos
BURKINA FASO	(Ouagadougou)	President Blaise Compaore
BURUNDI	(Bujumbura)	President Pierre Nkurunziza
BENIN	(Porto Novo ^a + Cotonou ⁱ^l^mⁿ^q^r)	President Yayi Boni
BOTSWANA	(Gaborone ^a)	President Seretse Ian Khama
CONGO-KINSHASA	(Kinshasa ^a)	President Joseph Kabila
CONGO-BRAZZAVILLE	(Brazzaville ^a + Pointe Noire ⁿ)	President Denis Sassou-Nguesso
COTE D'IVOIRE	(Yamoussoukro ^a + Abidjan ^d^k^l^mⁿ^r + Cocody ^r)	President Alassane Ouattara
CAMEROON	(Yaounde)	President Paul Biya
CAPE VERDE	(Praia)	President Jorge Carlos Fonseca
DJIBOUTI	(Djibouti)	President Ismail Omar Guelleh
ALGERIA	(Algiers ^a + El Biar ^d + El Mouradia ^r)	President Abdelaziz Bouteflika
WESTERN SAHARA	(Tifariti ^q^t + Bir Lehlu ^b + Camp Laayoune of Tindouf ^x)	President Mohamed Abdelaziz
ERITREA	(Asmara)	President Isaias Afewerki
ETHIOPIA	(Addis Ababa)	President Girma Wolde-Giorgis
GABON	(Libreville)	President Ali Ben Bongo Ondimba
GHANA	(Accra)	President John Dramani Mahama
THE GAMBIA	(Banjul)	President Yahya Jammeh
GUINEA	(Conakry)	President Alpha Conde
EQUATORIAL GUINEA	(Malabo ^a)	President Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo
KENYA	(Nairobi)	President Uhuru Kenyatta
COMOROS	(Moroni ^a)	President Ikililou Dhoinine
LIBERIA	(Monrovia)	President Ellen Johnson-Sirleaf
LESOTHO	(Maseru ^a)	King Letsie III
LIBYA	(Tripoli ^a)	Nouri Abusahmain
MALI	(Bamako)	Dioncounda Traore
MAURITANIA	(Nouakchott)	President Mohamed Ould Abdelaziz
MAURITIUS	(Port Louis ^a + Reduit in Moka ^r)	President Rajkeswur Kailash Purryag
MALAWI	(Lilongwe ^a^l + Blantyre ^jⁿ)	President Joyce Banda
MOZAMBIQUE	(Maputo)	President Armando Guebuza
NAMIBIA	(Windhoek)	President Hifikepunye Pohamba
NIGER	(Niamey)	President Mahamadou Issoufou
NIGERIA	(Abuja ^a + Lagos ^k^mⁿ)	President Goodluck Jonathan
RWANDA	(Kigali)	President Paul Kagame
SEYCHELLES	(Port Victoria)	President James Michel
SUDAN	(Khartoum ^a)	President Omar Al-Bashir
SIERRA LEONE	(Freetown)	President Ernest Bai Koroma
SENEGAL	(Dakar)	President Macky Sall
SOMALIA	(Mogadishu-Hamar Weyne)	President Hassan Sheikh Mohamud
SOUTH SUDAN	(Juba ^a + Ramshiel ^f)	President Salva Kiir Mayardit
SAO TOME AND PRINCIPE	(Sao Tome)	President Manuel Pinto da Costa
SWAZILAND	(Mbabane ^a^e^j + Lobamba ^j^l^r)	King Mswati III
CHAD	(Ndjamena)	President Idriss Deby Itno
TOGO	(Lome)	President Faure Gnassingbe
TUNISIA	(Tunis)	President Moncef Marzouki
TANZANIA	(Dodoma City ^a^lⁿ + Dar Es Salaam ^jⁿ^q^r)	President Jakaya Kikwete
UGANDA	(Kampala ^a + Entebbe ^r)	President Yoweri Museveni
SOUTH AFRICA	(Pretoria ^a^e^m + Cape Town ^l + Bloemfontein ^j + Johannesburg ^d)	President Jacob Zuma
ZAMBIA	(Lusaka)	President Michael Sata
ZIMBABWE	(Harare)	President Robert Mugabe