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When the states.[1] Growth in the OAU typically came from post-colonial independence; as decolonization ended, the borders of the OAU had overlapped almost all of Africa.
Article 29 of the Constitutive Act of the African Union (ratified July 11, 2000), states:
The following two articles discuss the suspension and cessation of membership:
and
The former of these two clauses has only applied to Mauritania after its 2005 coup d'état and Togo. Madagascar was suspended during the dissolution of the OAU and formation of the AU (2001–2003). The only state to leave the OAU/AU was Morocco, who withdrew in 1984, following the admission of Western Sahara's Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic in 1982. It is the only African state not currently an AU member.
Currently, the AU has 54 member states.[1] As the successor to the colonial independence; as decolonization ended, the borders of the OAU had overlapped almost all of Africa. When the AU was founded in 2002, it represented almost the entire African continent.
After Azawad's unilateral declaration of independence from Mali in 2012, the AU issued a statement calling the pronouncement "null and of no value whatsoever".[11]
Although the AU includes one Somalia, favouring the Transitional Federal Government's claim that Somaliland is an autonomous region over the Somaliland government's assertion of full sovereignty.[10] Nonetheless, Somaliland applied for AU membership in 2005, a request that has hereto gone unanswered.[10]
In February 2012, the Caribbean state of Haiti signaled that it would seek to upgrade its observer status to associate member status.[8] The AU plans at its next summit in June 2013 to upgrade Haiti's status from observer to associate.[9]
[7] expressed his support for Morocco rejoining the Union.Macky Sall President of Senegal A couple of months later, [6] stated that the heads of state of several Africa nations had pledged to begin efforts to reintegrate Morocco into the AU.Alassane Ouattara Côte d’Ivoire In March 2013, the President of [5][4] Many leaders of African nations have supported the reintegration of Morocco to the AU.[3][2]
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