Africká únia (AU) vznikla 08.07.2001 ako medzinárodná organizácia nahrádzajúca Organizáciu africkej jednoty (Organisation of African Unity - OAU), ale svoju reálnu činnosť začala až 09.07.2002 súčasne s rozpustením svojho predchodcu.
Členovia: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic (suspended), Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt (suspended), Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (Svazijsko), Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau (suspended), Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara), Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Sídlo: Addis Abeba (Komisia Africkej únie), Johannesburg (Panafrický parlament)
Členovia: Algeria, Angola, Benin, Botswana, Burkina Faso, Burundi, Cabo Verde, Cameroon, Central African Republic (suspended), Chad, Comoros, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Republic of the Congo, Cote d'Ivoire, Djibouti, Egypt (suspended), Equatorial Guinea, Eritrea, Eswatini (Svazijsko), Ethiopia, Gabon, The Gambia, Ghana, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau (suspended), Kenya, Lesotho, Liberia, Libya, Madagascar, Malawi, Mali, Mauritania, Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Namibia, Niger, Nigeria, Rwanda, Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic (Western Sahara), Sao Tome and Principe, Senegal, Seychelles, Sierra Leone, Somalia, South Africa, South Sudan, Sudan, Tanzania, Togo, Tunisia, Uganda, Zambia, Zimbabwe
Sídlo: Addis Abeba (Komisia Africkej únie), Johannesburg (Panafrický parlament)