Member State Profiles
(*) Represents Member States under political sanction
On May 25 1963 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the 32 African states that had achieved independence at that time agreed to establish the Organization of African Unity (OAU). A further 21 members joined gradually, reaching a total of 53 by the time of the AU’s creation in 2002.
There are 55 Member States. The following list shows all members, in alphabetical order, and their date of joining the AU or its predecessor the OAU.
| Flag | Name | Capital | Calling Code | Currency | Independence Day | Head of Government | Head of State |
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République Algérienne Démocratique et Populaire | Algiers | +213 | Algerian Dinar (DZD) | juillet 05, 1962 | Le Premier ministre M. Abdelaziz Djerad | S.E. M. Abdelmadjid Tebboune |
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Republic of Angola | Luanda | +244 | Kwanza (AOA) | novembre 11, 1975 | Vice President Bornito de Sousa Baltazar Diogo | President Joao Lourenzo |
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Republic of Benin | Porto-Novo | +229 | CFA franc(XOF) | août 01, 1960 | President Mr Patrice Talon | |
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Republic of Botswana | Gaborone | +267 | Pula (BWP) | septembre 30, 1966 | President Mokgweetsi Masisi | |
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Burkina Faso | Ouagadougou | +226 | West African CFA franc (XOF) | août 05, 1960 | Prime Minister Christophe Dabire | President Roch Marc Kabore |
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Republic of Burundi | Bujumbura | +257 | Burundi franc (FBu)(BIF) | juillet 01, 1962 | Prime Minister Alain-G. Bunyoni | President Evariste Ndayishimiye |
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Republic of Cameroon | Yaounde | +237 | CFA franc (XAF) | janvier 01, 1960 | Prime Minister Joseph Dion Ngute | President Paul Biya |
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Republic of Cabo Verde | Praia | +238 | Cape verdean escudo (CVE) | juillet 05, 1975 | Prime Minister Ulisses Correia e Silva | President Jorge Carlos Fonseca |
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* Central African Republic | Bangui | +236 | Central african CFA franc (XAF) | août 13, 1960 | Prime Minister Firmin Ngredaba | President Faustin A. Touadera |
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The Republic of Chad | N'Djamena | +235 | CFA franc (XAF) | août 11, 1960 | President Mahamat Itno Déby | |
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Union of the Comoros | Moroni | +269 | Comorian franc (KMF) | juillet 06, 1975 | President Azali Assoumane | |
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Republic of the Congo | Brazzaville | +242 | Central African CFA franc | août 15, 1960 | Prime Minister Clement Mouamba | President Denis Sassou-Nguesso |
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Republic of Cote d'Ivoire | Yamoussoukro | +225 | CFA franc (XOF) | août 07, 1960 | Prime Minister Hamed Bakayoko | President Alassane Dramane Ouattara |
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Democratic Republic of the Congo | Kinshasa | +243 | Congolese franc (CDF) | juin 30, 1960 | Prime Minister Sylvester Ilunga Ilukamba | President Felix Antoine Tshisekedi |
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Republic of Djibouti | Djibouti | +253 | Franc (DJF) | juin 27, 1977 | Prime Minister Abdoukader Kamil Mohamed | President Ismail Omar Guelleh |
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Arab Republic of Egypt | Cairo | +20 | Egyptian pound (EGP) | février 28, 1922 | Prime Minister Mostafa Madbouli | President Abdel Fatah el-Sisi |
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Republic of Equatorial Guinea | Malabo | +240 | CFA franc | octobre 12, 1968 | Prime Minister Francisco Pascual Obama Asue | President Obiang Nguema Mbasogo |
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State of Eritrea | Asmara | +291 | Nakfa (ERN) | mai 24, 1993 | President Isaias Afewerki | |
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Eswatini | Lobamba(royal and legislative) Mbabane (Administrative) | +268 | Lilangeni(SZL) | septembre 06, 1968 | Prime Minister Barnabas Sibusiso Dlamini | King Mswati III |
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Federal Democratic Republic of Ethiopia | Addis Ababa | +251 | Birr | Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali | President Sahle-Work Zewde | |
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Gabonese Republic | Libreville | +241 | CFA franc | août 17, 1960 | Prime Minister Rose Christiane Ossouka Raponda | President Ali Bongo Ondimba |
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Republic of the Gambia | Banjul | +220 | Dalasi (GMD) | février 18, 1965 | Vice President Ousainou Darboe | President Adama Barrow |
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Republic of Ghana | Accra | +233 | Ghanaian cedi(GHC) | mars 06, 1957 | Vice President Mahamadu Bawumia | President Nana Akufo-Addo |
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Republic of Guinea | Conakry | +224 | Guinean franc (GNF) | octobre 02, 1958 | Prime Minister Mohamed Said Fofana | President Alpha Condé |
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Republic of Guinea-Bissau | Bissau | +245 | CFA franc (XOF) | septembre 24, 1973 | Prime Minister Nuno Gomes Na Biam | President Umaro Sissoco Embalo |
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Republic of Kenya | Nairobi | +254 | Kenyan shilling (KES) | décembre 12, 1963 | Deputy President William Ruto | President Uhuru Muigai Kenyatta |
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Kingdom of Lesotho | Maseru | +266 | Loti (LSL) | octobre 04, 1966 | Prime Minister Thomas Thabane | King Letsie III |
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Republic of Liberia | Monrovia | +231 | Liberian Dollar(LRD) | juillet 26, 1847 | Deputy President Jewel H. Taylor | President George Manneh Weah |
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Libya | Tripoli | +218 | Lybian Dinar(LYD) | décembre 24, 1951 | Prime Minister Abdul Hamid Dbeibah | President Mohammed El-Menfi |
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Republic of Madagascar | Antananarivo | +261 | Malagasy ariay(MGA) | juin 26, 1960 | Prime Minister Christian Ntsay | President Andry Rajoelina |
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Republic of Malawi | Lilongwe | +265 | Kwacha(D)(MWK) | juillet 06, 1964 | Vice President Saulos Chilima | President Lazarus M. Chakwera |
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Republic of Mali | Bamako | +223 | CFA franc (XOF) | septembre 22, 1960 | Prime Minister Moctar Ouane | President Bah Ndaw |
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Republic of Mauritania | Nouakchott | +222 | Mauritanian Ouguiya (MRO) | novembre 28, 1960 | Prime Minister Mohammed Ould Bilal | President Mohamed Ould Ghazouani |
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Republic of Mauritius | Port Louis | +230 | Mauritian rupee (MUR) | mars 12, 1968 | Prime Minister Pravind Jugnauth | President Pritiviraising Roopun |
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Kingdom of Morocco | Rabat | +212 | Moroccan Dirham | avril 07, 1956 | Prime Minister Saad-Eddine El Othmani | King Mohammed VI |
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Republic of Mozambique | Maputo | +258 | Mozambican metical (Mtn) (MZN) | juin 25, 1975 | Prime Minister Carlos Agostinho. do Rosario | President Filipe Jacinto Nyusi |
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Republic of Namibia | Windhoek | +264 | Namibian dollar(NAD) | mars 21, 1990 | Prime Minister Saara Kungongelwa A. | President Hage Geingob |
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Republic of Niger | Niamey | +227 | CFA franc (XOF) | août 03, 1960 | Prime Minister Ouhoumoudou Mahamadou | President Mohamed Bazoum |
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Federal Republic of Nigeria | Abuja | +234 | Nigerian naira and Kobo(NGN) | octobre 01, 1960 | Vice President Yemi Osibanjo | President Muhammadu Buhari |
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Republic of Rwanda | Kigali | +250 | Rwandan franc(RWF) | juillet 01, 1962 | Prime Minister Edouard Ngirente | President Paul Kagame |
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Saharawi Arab Democratic Republic | Aauin | saharawi pesetas | février 27, 1976 | Prime Minister Abdelkader Taleb Oumar | President Brahim Ghali | |
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Democratic Republic of São Tomé and Principe | São Tomé | +239 | Dobra(STD) | juillet 12, 1975 | Prime Minister Jorge Lopez Bom | President Evaristo Carvalho |
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Republic of Senegal | Dakar | +221 | CFA franc(XOF) | juin 20, 1960 | Prime Minister Mohamed Ben Adallah Dionne | President Macky Sall |
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Republic of Seychelles | Victoria | +248 | Seychellois rupee(SCR) | juin 29, 1976 | Vice President Vincent Meriton | President Danny Faure |
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Republic of Sierra Leone | Freetown | +232 | Leone (SLL) | avril 27, 1961 | Vice President M. Juldeh Jalloh | President Julius Maada Bio |
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Somali Republic | Mogadishu | +252 | Somali shilling (SOS) | juillet 01, 1960 | Prime Minister Mahdi Mohammed Guled | President Mohamed Abdullahi Farmajo |
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Republic of South Africa | Pretoria (Executive), Bloemfontein (Judical), CapeTown (Legislative) | +27 | South African rand (ZAR) | avril 27, 1994 | President Cyril Ramaphosa | |
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Republic of South Sudan | Juba | +211 | South Sudanese Pound | juillet 09, 2011 | President Salva Kir | |
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Republic of The Sudan | Khartoum | +249 | Sudanese pound (SDG,SDD) | janvier 01, 1956 | Prime Minister Abdallah Hamdok | President Abdel Fattah Abdelrahman al-Burhan |
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United Republic of Tanzania | Dar es Salaam (traditional capital) Dodoma (Location of legislature) | +255 | Tanzanian shilling (TZS) | décembre 09, 1961 | Prime Minister Kassim Majaliwa | President Samia Suhulu Hassan |
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Togolese Republic | Lome` | +228 | CFA franc (XOF) | avril 27, 1960 | Prime Minister Victoire S. Tomegah-Dogbe | President Faure Gnassingbé |
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Tunisian Republic | Tunis | +216 | Tunisian dinar(TND) | mars 20, 1956 | Prime Minister Hichem Mechichi | President Kaïs Saïed |
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Republic of Uganda | Kampala | +256 | Ugandan shilling (UGX) | octobre 09, 1962 | Prime Minister Ruhakana Rugunba | President Yoweri Museveni |
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Republic of Zambia | Lusaka | +260 | Zambian Kwacha(ZMK) | octobre 24, 1964 | Vice President Inongue Winta | President Edgar Lungu |
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Republic of Zimbabwe | Harare | +263 | Zimbabwe Dollars(ZW$) | avril 18, 1980 | 1st Vice President Constantino Chiwenga | President Emmerson Dambudzo Mnangagwa |