AU Member States
Central Africa
Republic of
Burundi
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Cameroon
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Central African Republic
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Chad
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
the Congo
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Democratic Republic of Congo
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of Equatorial Guinea
Date Joined AU:
12 October 1968
Gabonese
Republic
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
São Tomé and Príncipe
Date Joined AU:
18 July 1975
Eastern Africa
Union of
the Comoros
Date Joined AU:
18 July 1975
Republic of
Djibouti
Date Joined AU:
27 June 1977
State of
Eritrea
Date Joined AU:
24 May 1993
Federal Democratic
Republic of Ethiopia
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Kenya
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Madagascar
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Mauritius
Date Joined AU:
August 1968
Republic of
Rwanda
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Seychelles
Date Joined AU:
29 June 1976
Federal Republic of
Somalia
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
South Sudan
Date Joined AU:
27 July 2011
Republic of
the Sudan
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
United Republic of
Tanzania
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Uganda
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Northern Africa
People’s Democratic
Republic of Algeria
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Arab Republic of
Egypt
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Libya
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Islamic Republic of
Mauritania
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Kingdom of
Morocco
Date Joined AU:
1963/31 January 2017
Sahrawi Arab
Democratic Republic
Date Joined AU:
22 February 1982
Republic of
Tunisia
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Southern Africa
Republic of
Angola
Date Joined AU:
11 February 1975
Republic of
Botswana
Date Joined AU:
31 October 1966
Kingdom of
Eswatini
Date Joined AU:
24 September 1968
Kingdom of
Lesotho
Date Joined AU:
31 October 1966
Republic of
Malawi
Date Joined AU:
13 July 1964
Republic of
Mozambique
Date Joined AU:
18 July 1975
Republic of
Namibia
Date Joined AU:
June 1990
Republic of
South Africa
Date Joined AU:
6 June 1994
Republic of
Zambia
Date Joined AU:
16 December 1964
Republic of
Zimbabwe
Date Joined AU:
18 June 1980
Western Africa
Republic of
Benin
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Burkina
Faso
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Cabo Verde
Date Joined AU:
18 July 1975
Republic of
Côte d’Ivoire
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
the Gambia
Date Joined AU:
9 March 1965
Republic of
Ghana
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Guinea
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Guinea-Bissau
Date Joined AU:
19 November 1973
Republic of
Liberia
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Mali
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Niger
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Federal Republic of
Nigeria
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Senegal
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Republic of
Sierra Leone
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963
Togolese
Republic
Date Joined AU:
25 May 1963