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African Union
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African Union
The
African Union
(
AU
) is a
continental union
consisting of 54
countries
in
Africa
. The only African state that is not a member is
Morocco
, due to the
status of the Western Sahara
, although
Burkina Faso
and the
Central African Republic
have had their memberships suspended due to the
recent coup d'état
and
ongoing civil war
, respectively. The AU was established on 26 May 2001 in
Addis Ababa
and launched on 9 July 2002 in
South Africa
, with the aim of replacing the
Organisation of African Unity
(OAU). The most important decisions of the AU are made by the
Assembly of the African Union
, a semi-annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its member states. The AU's secretariat, the
African Union Commission
, is based in Addis Ababa.
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