FlagCountry NameCapitalIndependence Day Sort descending Date of joining OUA or AU
EthiopiaFederal Democratic Republic of EthiopiaAddis Ababa
EthiopiaFederal Democratic Republic of EthiopiaAddis Ababa
LiberiaRepublic of LiberiaMonrovia
EgyptArab Republic of EgyptCairo
LibyaState of LibyaTripoli
SudanRepublic of The SudanKhartoum
TunisiaRepublic of TunisiaTunis
MoroccoKingdom of MoroccoRabat
GhanaRepublic of GhanaAccra
GuineaRepublic of GuineaConakry
CameroonRepublic of CameroonYaoundé
TogoTogolese RepublicLome
SenegalRepublic of SenegalDakar
MadagascarRepublic of MadagascarAntananarivo
The Democratic Republic of the CongoDemocratic Republic of CongoKinshasa
SomaliaFederal Republic of SomaliaMogadishu
BeninRepublic of BeninPorto-Novo
NigerRepublic of the NigerNiamey
Burkina FasoPeople's Republic of Burkina FasoOugadougou
Burkina FasoPeople's Republic of Burkina FasoOugadougou
Côte d'IvoireRepublic of Côte d'IvoireAbidjan
ChadRepublic of ChadN'Djamena
The Republic of the CongoRepublic of the CongoBrazzaville
GabonGabonese RepublicLibreville
NigeriaFederal Republic of NigeriaAbuja
MaliRepublic of MaliBamako
MauritaniaIslamic Republic of MauritaniaNouakchott
Sierra LeoneRepublic of Sierra LeoneFreetown
TanzaniaUnited Republic of TanzaniaDar es Salaam
AlgeriaPeople's Democratic Republic of AlgeriaAlgiers
RwandaRepublic of RwandaKIigali
BurundiRepublic of BurundiBujumbura
The Central-African RepublicCentral African RepublicBangui
Uganda Republic of Republic of UgandaKampala
KenyaRepublic of KenyaNairobi
MalawiRepublic of MalawiLilongwe
ZambiaRepublic of ZambiaLusaka
GambiaRepublic of The GambiaBanjul
BotswanaRepublic of BotswanaGaborone
LesothoKingdom of LesothoMaseru
MauritiusRepublic of MauritiusPort Louis
SwazilandKingdom of EswatiniMbabane
Equatorial GuineaRepublic of Equatorial GuineaMalabo
Guinea-BissauRepublic of Guinea-BissauBissau
MozambiqueRepublic of MozambiqueMaputo
Cabo verdeRepublic of Cabo VerdePraia
ComorosUnion of the ComorosMoroni
São Tomé and PríncipeDemocratic Republic of São Tomé and PríncipeSão Tomé
Republic of AngolaLuanda
Republic of AngolaLuanda
Western SaharaSahrawi Arab Democratic RepublicAauin
SeychellesRepublic of SeychellesVictoria
DjiboutiRepublic of DjiboutiDjibouti
ZimbabweRepublic of ZimbabweHarare
NamibiaRepublic of NamibiaWindhoek
EritreaState of EritreaAsmara
South AfricaRepublic of South AfricaPretoria
South SudanRepublic of South SudanJuba
  1. Some Member State names have changed since joining the OAU or AU.
  2. Morocco left the AU’s predecessor, the OAU, in 1984. In September 2016, Morocco officially submitted a request to accede tothe AU Constitutive Act and become a member of the Union. The AU Assembly decided at its 28th Ordinary Session in January 2017 to admit Morocco as a new Member State (Assembly/AU/Dec.639(XXVIII)). Morocco deposited its instrument of accession to the Constitutive Act on 31 January 2017.