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(adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4From an original membership of 36 states when the OAU was established on 25 May 1963, there have been nineteen successive enlargements\u2014the largest occurring on 18 July 1975 when four states joined.  Morocco is the newest member state, having joined on 31 January 2017.[2] Morocco was a founding member of the OAU but withdrew in 1984 following the organization’s acceptance of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as a member state. Morocco rules over most of the territory, but sovereignty is disputed.As of 2017, the AU spans the entirety of the African continent, with the exception of the Spanish North Africa semi-enclaves of Ceuta, Melilla, and V\u00e9lez de la Gomera. 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 and Yemen. The 55 member states are grouped into five regions, with the African diaspora, structured as the State of the African Diaspora, known as the 6th Region.[3]The African Union is composed of fifty-two republics and three monarchies. The total population of the AU is 1,068,444,000 (2013).[4]       (adsbygoogle = window.adsbygoogle || []).push({});after-content-x4Table of ContentsCurrent members[edit]Former members[edit]Accession[edit]See also[edit]References[edit]Current members[edit]\u00a0\u00a0Currently suspendedFormer members[edit]Accession[edit]South Africa joined on 6 June 1994 after the end of the apartheid and the April 1994 general election.South Sudan, which seceded from Sudan on 9 July 2011, joined the AU on 27 July 2011.[26][27]The AU’s most recent member state is Morocco, having joined on 31 January 2017. Morocco withdrew from the OAU in 1984 following the organization’s acceptance of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as a member state. Morocco rules over most of the territory, but sovereignty is disputed.See also[edit]References[edit]^ “LIST OF COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE SIGNED, RATIFIED\/ACCEDED TO THE CONSTITUTIVE ACT OF THE AFRICAN UNION” (PDF). African Union. 13 July 2012. Archived from the original (PDF) on 29 May 2013. Retrieved 27 May 2014.^ “Western Sahara welcomes Morocco’s African Union membership”. BBC News. 31 January 2017 \u2013 via BBC.^ Economic Community of the Sixth Region (ECO-6)^ “The European Union and the African Union. A statistical portrait” (PDF). Eurostat. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 September 2014. Retrieved 13 September 2014.^ “LIST OF COUNTRIES WHICH HAVE SIGNED, RATIFIED\/ACCEDED TO THE CONSTITUTIVE ACT OF THE AFRICAN UNION” (PDF). African Union. Retrieved 1 June 2019.^ “Communiqu\u00e9 of the 547th meeting of the PSC, at the level of Heads of State and Government, on the situation in Burkina Faso”. Peace and Security Council. 26 September 2015. Retrieved 2 February 2016.^ “AU suspends Burkina Faso after coup as envoys head for talks”. www.aljazeera.com. Retrieved 31 January 2022.^ Dixon, Robyn (25 March 2013). “African Union suspends Central African Republic after coup”. Los Angeles Times. Johannesburg. Retrieved 25 March 2013.^ “AU readmits Central African Republic”. News24. 7 April 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2016.^ “African Union suspends Egypt after leaders overthrown”. ITV. 5 July 2013. Retrieved 5 July 2013.^ a b “AU ends Egypt, Guinea Bissau suspension after elections”. Reuters. 18 June 2014. Archived from the original on 26 May 2015. Retrieved 19 June 2014.^ “ETHIOPIA TO ADD 4 MORE OFFICIAL LANGUAGES TO FOSTER UNITY”. Ventures Africa. Ventures. 4 March 2020. Retrieved 2 February 2021.^ “Ethiopia is adding four more official languages to Amharic as political instability mounts”. Nazret. Nazret. Retrieved 2 February 2021.^ Shaban, Abdurahman. “One to five: Ethiopia gets four new federal working languages”. Africa News.^ “African Union suspends Guinea following coup”. Africanews.com. 10 September 2021. Retrieved 11 September 2021.^ “Guinea-Bissau suspended from African Union”. Al Jazeera English. 17 April 2012. Retrieved 19 June 2014.^ “African Union ends Madagascar suspension”. Agence France-Presse. 27 January 2014. Retrieved 27 January 2014.^ “African Union suspends Mali following coup”. Agence France-Presse, Reuters. Deutsche Welle. Retrieved 12 September 2021.^ “African Union lifts Mali’s suspension imposed in the wake of coup”. www.aljazeera.com. Archived from the original on 9 October 2020. Retrieved 9 October 2020.^ “African Union announces ‘immediate suspension’ of Mali after second coup”. France 24, Reuters, Agence France-Presse. France 24. 2 June 2021. Retrieved 12 September 2021.^ BBC News (8 July 2001) \u2013 “OAU considers Morocco readmission”. Retrieved 9 July 2006.^ Arabic News (9 July 2002) \u2013 “South African paper says Morocco should be one of the AU and NEPAD leaders” Archived 19 July 2006 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved 9 July 2006^ “Morocco rejoins African Union”. Worldbulletin. 30 January 2017. Retrieved 31 January 2017.^ “African Union suspends Sudan over violence against protesters”. The Guardian. 6 June 2019. Retrieved 9 June 2019.^ “African Union lifts suspension of Sudan”, Al Jazeera, 7 September 2019.^ “African Union Welcomes South Sudan as the 54th Member State of the Union” Archived 12 August 2011 at the Wayback Machine, African Union, 2011-07-27. Retrieved on 29 July 2011.^ “The African Union Applauds the Success of the Referendum in Southern Sudan”. au.int. 9 February 2011. Archived from the original on 1 March 2012. Retrieved 2 April 2011.     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