List of African Union (AU) Member Countries

The African Union is an umbrella organization that includes all 55 countries on the African continent.

The AU was founded as the Organization of African Unity in May 1963 in Addis Ababa, through a charter signed by 32 heads of state.

The African Union then succeded the OAU in 2002.

The following countries are members of the African Union;

1. 1. Burundi
   2. Cameroon
   3. The Central African Republic
   4. Chad
   5. The Republic of Congo
   6. The Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC)
   7. Equatorial Guinea
   8. Gabon
   9.  São Tomé and Príncipe
   10. Union of the Comoros
   11. Djibouti
   12. Eritrea
   13. Ethiopia
   14. Kenya
   15. Madagascar
   16. Mauritius
   17. Rwanda
   18. Seychelles
   19. Somalia
   20. South Sudan
   21. Sudan
   22. Tanzania
   23. Uganda
   24. Algeria
   25. Egypt
   26. Libya
   27. Mauritania
   28. Morocco
   29. Sahrawi Republic
   30. Tunisia
   31. Angola
   32. Botswana
   33. Eswatini
   34. Lesotho
   35. Malawi
   36. Mozambique
   37. Namibia
   38. South Africa
   39. Zambia
   40. Zimbabwe
   41. Benin
   42. Burkina Faso
   43. Cape Verde
   44. Côte d’Ivoire
   45. The Gambia
   46. Ghana
   47. Guinea
   48. Guinea-Bissau
   49. Liberia
   50. Mali
   51. Niger
   52. Nigeria
   53. Senegal
   54. Sierra Leone
   55. Togo

Also read: List of African Countries Not Members of AU