Foreign relations of the African Union

The individual member states of the African Union (AU) coordinate foreign policy through this agency, in addition to conducting their own international relations on a state-by-state basis. The AU represents the interests of African peoples at large in intergovernmental organizations (IGO's); for instance, it is a permanent observer at the United Nations' General Assembly.

Other intergovernmental organizations
Membership of the AU overlaps with other IGO's, and occasionally these third-party organizations and the AU will coordinate matters of public policy.

Political
Non-Aligned Movement (Every AU member state, except South Sudan and the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic)

Commonwealth of Nations:


 * Botswana
 * Cameroon
 * Eswatini
 * Gabon
 * The Gambia
 * Ghana
 * Kenya
 * Lesotho
 * Malawi
 * Mauritius
 * Mozambique
 * Namibia
 * Nigeria
 * Rwanda
 * Seychelles
 * Sierra Leone
 * South Africa
 * Tanzania
 * Togo
 * Uganda
 * Zambia

Regional
Arab League:


 * Egypt
 * Sudan
 * Libya
 * Morocco
 * Tunisia
 * Algeria
 * Mauritania
 * Somalia
 * Djibouti
 * Comoros
 * Eritrea

Arab Maghreb Union:


 * Algeria
 * Libya
 * Mauritania
 * Morocco
 * Tunisia

Community of Sahel-Saharan States:


 * Libya
 * Burkina Faso
 * Mali
 * Niger
 * Chad
 * Sudan
 * Central African Republic
 * Eritrea
 * Djibouti
 * The Gambia
 * Senegal
 * Benin
 * Côte d'Ivoire
 * Egypt
 * Ghana
 * Guinea-Bissau
 * Liberia
 * Morocco
 * Nigeria
 * Sierra Leone
 * Somalia
 * Togo
 * Tunisia

Conseil de l'Entente:


 * Côte d'Ivoire
 * Benin
 * Burkina Faso
 * Niger
 * Togo

Economic
Greater Arab Free Trade Area:


 * Algeria
 * Egypt
 * Libya
 * Morocco
 * Sudan
 * Tunisia

Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries:


 * Burundi
 * D.R. Congo
 * Rwanda

G20 developing nations:
 * Egypt
 * Nigeria
 * South Africa
 * Tanzania
 * Zimbabwe

G-20 major economies: G33:
 * South Africa


 * Benin
 * Botswana
 * Democratic Republic of Congo
 * Côte d'Ivoire
 * Kenya
 * Mauritius
 * Madagascar
 * Mozambique
 * Nigeria
 * Senegal
 * Tanzania
 * Uganda
 * Zambia
 * Zimbabwe

G90:


 * Angola
 * Benin
 * Botswana
 * Burkina Faso
 * Burundi
 * Cameroon
 * Central African Republic
 * Chad
 * Rep. Congo
 * Côte d'Ivoire
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Djibouti
 * Egypt
 * Gabon
 * The Gambia
 * Ghana
 * Guinea
 * Guinea Bissau
 * Kenya
 * Lesotho
 * Madagascar
 * Malawi
 * Mali
 * Mauritania
 * Mauritius
 * Morocco
 * Mozambique
 * Namibia
 * Niger
 * Nigeria
 * Rwanda
 * Senegal
 * Sierra Leone
 * South Africa
 * Swaziland
 * Tanzania
 * Tunisia
 * Uganda
 * Zambia
 * Zimbabwe

Group of 77:


 * Algeria
 * Angola
 * Benin
 * Botswana
 * Burkina Faso
 * Burundi
 * Cameroon
 * Cape Verde
 * Central African Republic
 * Chad
 * Comoros
 * Republic of the Congo
 * Côte d'Ivoire
 * Democratic Republic of the Congo
 * Djibouti
 * Egypt
 * Equatorial Guinea
 * Eritrea
 * Ethiopia
 * Gabon
 * The Gambia
 * Ghana
 * Guinea
 * Guinea-Bissau
 * Kenya
 * Lesotho
 * Liberia
 * Libya
 * Madagascar
 * Malawi
 * Mali
 * Mauritania
 * Mauritius
 * Morocco
 * Mozambique
 * Namibia
 * Niger
 * Nigeria
 * Rwanda
 * São Tomé and Príncipe
 * Senegal
 * Sierra Leone
 * Somalia
 * South Africa
 * Sudan
 * Swaziland
 * Tunisia
 * Uganda
 * Tanzania
 * Zambia
 * Zimbabwe

Indian Ocean Commission:


 * Comoros
 * Madagascar
 * Mauritius
 * Seychelles

Liptako–Gourma Authority:


 * Burkina Faso,
 * Mali
 * Niger

Mano River Union:


 * Guinea
 * Liberia
 * Sierra Leone

OPEC:


 * Algeria
 * Libya
 * Nigeria

Linguistic
Community of Portuguese Language Countries:


 * Angola
 * Cape Verde
 * Guinea-Bissau
 * Mozambique
 * São Tomé and Príncipe

Organisation internationale de la Francophonie:


 * Benin
 * Burkina Faso
 * Burundi
 * Cameroon
 * Cape Verde
 * Central African Republic
 * Chad
 * Comoros
 * Congo, Democratic Republic of the
 * Congo, Republic of
 * Ivory Coast
 * Djibouti
 * Egypt
 * Equatorial Guinea
 * Gabon
 * Ghana
 * Guinea
 * Guinea-Bissau
 * Madagascar
 * Mali
 * Mauritania
 * Mauritius
 * Morocco
 * Niger
 * Rwanda
 * São Tomé and Príncipe
 * Senegal
 * Seychelles
 * Togo
 * Tunisia

Organization of Ibero-American States:
 * Equatorial Guinea

Religious
Organisation of Islamic Cooperation:


 * Algeria
 * Benin
 * Burkina Faso
 * Cameroon
 * Chad
 * Comoros
 * Côte d'Ivoire
 * Djibouti
 * Egypt
 * Gabon
 * The Gambia
 * Guinea
 * Guinea-Bissau
 * Libya
 * Mali
 * Mauritania
 * Morocco
 * Mozambique
 * Niger
 * Nigeria
 * Senegal
 * Sierra Leone
 * Sudan
 * Somalia
 * Tunisia
 * Uganda

Diplomatic missions


The African Union maintains special diplomatic representation with the United States, European Union, and as of 2022 has plans for a mission to the People's Republic of China. In 2011, the United States Mission to the African Union donated a state of the art multimedia box to the cash-starved African Union in a formal ceremony, in which they also presented new interns who will be trained to use it.

Foreign relations of constituent states

 * Algeria
 * Angola
 * Benin
 * Botswana
 * Burkina Faso
 * Burundi
 * Cameroon
 * Cape Verde
 * Central African Republic
 * Chad
 * Comoros
 * D. R. Congo
 * Rep. of the Congo
 * Côte d'Ivoire
 * Djibouti
 * Egypt
 * Equatorial Guinea
 * Eritrea
 * Eswatini
 * Ethiopia
 * Gabon
 * The Gambia
 * Ghana
 * Guinea
 * Guinea-Bissau
 * Kenya
 * Lesotho
 * Liberia
 * Libya
 * Madagascar
 * Malawi
 * Mali
 * Mauritania
 * Mauritius
 * Morocco
 * Mozambique
 * Namibia
 * Niger
 * Nigeria
 * Rwanda
 * Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic
 * São Tomé and Príncipe
 * Senegal
 * Seychelles
 * Sierra Leone
 * Somalia
 * South Africa
 * South Sudan
 * Sudan
 * Tanzania
 * Togo
 * Tunisia
 * Uganda
 * Zambia
 * Zimbabwe