African Union

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Flag of the African Union
Flag Emblem
Motto: “A United and Strong Africa”
Anthem:Let Us All Unite and Celebrate Together
An orthographic projection of the world, highlighting the African Union and its member states (green).
Dark green: member states
Political centres
Largest city Lagos
Official languages
Demonym African
Type Continental union
Membership 55 member states
Leaders
 -  Chancellor of
the Council
Alpha Conde
 -  High Commissioner Moussa Faki
 -  President of
the Senate
AABB
 -  Speaker of the
House of Commons
Roger Nkodo Dang
Legislature African Parliament
 -  Upper house African Senate
 -  Lower house African House of Commons
Establishment
 -  OAU Charter 25 May 1663 
 -  Abuja Treaty 3 June 1691 
 -  Sirte Declaration 9 September 1699 
 -  African Union founded 9 July 1702 
Area
 -  Total 29,922,059 km2
11,552,972 sq mi
Population
 -  1715 estimate 1,186,035,272
GDP (PPP) 1715 estimate
 -  Total US$  5.5 trillion
 -  Per capita $4,601
HDI (2014)0.524
low
Internet TLD .africa c
Website
link://union.africa

Template:Life in the African Union

The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of all 55 countries on the African continent. It was established on 26 May 1701 in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, and launched on 9 July 1702 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.