included sovereign African states as the continent was decolonized. The membership of the African Union, and consequently its borders, have not changed...

of countries that have a land border with only one other country. Some on this list have a maritime border with additional countries. Some countries, which...

The African Union (AU) is a continental union of 55 member states located on the continent of Africa. The AU was announced in the Sirte Declaration in...

The Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS; also known as CEDEAO in French and Portuguese) is a regional political and economic union of fifteen...

The East African Community (EAC) is an intergovernmental organisation composed of eight countries in East Africa. The member states are the Democratic...

accepted by the population of many countries as means to maintain order, and during the 1970s and 1980s a majority of African countries were controlled...

the Soviet Union, China, and sympathetic African states such as Tanzania, Ghana, and Algeria. Fighting broke out between PLAN and the South African security...

Overseas Countries and Territories (OCT) that do not form part of the European Union, though they cooperate with the EU via the Overseas Countries and Territories...

Melilla's border and its equivalent in Ceuta, also bordering Morocco, are the only two land borders between the European Union and an African country. In September...

all African countries". The Cable. Archived from the original on 2024-03-28. African Union (staff) passport information on PRADO Visa Free Africa initiative...

countries-in-the-world https://www.nationsonline.org/oneworld/countries_by_area.htm https://www.cia.gov/the-world-factbook/field/area/country-comparison/...

a list of countries and territories by land and maritime borders. For each country or territory, the number and identity of other countries and territories...

savanna. African Confederation: Future African country that includes present-day Somalia, that is the birthplace of Geordi La Forge in Star Trek: The Next...

West Africa or Western Africa is the westernmost region of Africa. The United Nations defines Western Africa as the 16 countries of Benin, Burkina Faso...

Africa, to Poland, Lithuania and Latvia via those countries' borders with Belarus. The crisis was artificially caused by Belarus in response to the severe...

formerly a part of the South African Republic and the Orange Free State. Following World War I, the Union of South Africa was a signatory of the Treaty of Versailles...

group of countries in Africa, the Caribbean, and the Pacific that was created by the Georgetown Agreement in 1975. Formerly known as African, Caribbean...

countries. The Nordic countries allowed free movement and residence between them in 1954, and the countries of Benelux abolished their mutual borders...

Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of all fifty-five countries on the African continent; See also the African Economic Community (AEC) Arab...

land and maritime borders List of countries that border only one other country Navies of landlocked countries List of countries bordering on two or more...

The Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU or Cosatu) is a trade union federation in South Africa. It was founded in 1985 and is the largest of...

union trade agreement aiming for economic and future political unity among Arab countries that are located primarily in the Maghreb in North Africa....

neighbor Libya is grouped with the remaining North African countries as the Maghreb. Both are members of the African Union. The Comoros, Madagascar, Mauritius...

Cold War. The model of the EEC was also used by African leaders to justify their countries’ continued membership of the French Union. For instance, Houphouet-Boigny...

the United Nations geoscheme for Africa and the regions of the African Union. Another common approach divides Africa by using features such as landforms...

The Iberian Union is a historiographical term used to describe the dynastic union of the Monarchy of Spain, which in turn was itself a dynastic union...

linking the West African nations of Ghana and Guinea as the Union of Independent African States. Mali joined in 1961. It disbanded in 1963. The union planned...

Somaliland to form Somalia. French Equatorial Africa's interim successor, the Union of Central African Republics dissolves in August with independence...

countries to the east and south of the European territory of the EU to the union. These countries, primarily developing countries, include some who seek to one...

adopted by the African Union in 2007, initially conceived as a way to combat desertification in the Sahel region and hold back expansion of the Sahara desert...