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Corruption is a severe problem in much of the continent, with the vast majority of African states ranking below a five out of ten in Transparency International's Corruption Perceptions Index. Five of the ten most corrupt governments are AU member states: Angola (2.0) Côte d'Ivoire (1.9) Equatorial Guinea (1.9) Nigeria (1.9) Chad (1.7)
Island states are also members of the AU, but not the offshore islands that are integral parts of the transcontinental countries of France, Italy, Portugal, Spain, United Kingdom and Yemen. The 55 member states are grouped into five regions. The African Union is composed of fifty-two republics and three monarchies. The total population of the ...
It includes fully recognised states, states with limited or zero recognition, and dependent territories of both African and non-African states. It lists 56 sovereign states (54 of which are member states of the United Nations), two non-sovereign (dependent) territories of non-African sovereign states, and nine sub-national regions of non ...
The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states [6] [7] located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in Sirte, Libya, on 9 September 1999, calling for the establishment of the African Union. The bloc was launched on 9 July 2002 in Durban, South Africa. [8]
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The African Continental Free Trade Area (AfCFTA) [11] is a free trade area encompassing most of Africa. [12] [13] [14] It was established in 2018 by the African Continental Free Trade Agreement, which has 43 parties and another 11 signatories, making it the largest free-trade area by number of member states, after the World Trade Organization, [15] and the largest in population and geographic ...
This is a list of all present sovereign states in Africa [1] and their predecessors. The region of Africa is generally defined geographically to include the subregions of African continent , Madagascar island , Mauritius Island and several minor islands, and their respective sovereign states.
This is a list of lists of African Union members: List of African Union member states by political system Member states of the African Union (may be sorted by name, population, area etc.)