International organisations in Africa

—The following table lists the independent African states, and their memberships in selected organisations and treaties.

State (57)[1] | GNI[2] | Currency[3] | UN[4] | AU[5] | Interregional  | South African  | West African  | Central African  | East African  | North African

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CEN-SAD | COMESA | CEPGL | SADC | SACU | ECOWAS | UEMOA | WAMZ | MRU | LGA | AES | ECCAS | CEMAC | IGAD | EAC | AMU
Angola | 3,940 | Kz | UN | AU |  | x |  | SADC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ECCAS |  |  |  |
Benin | 780 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS | UEMOA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Botswana | 6,790 | P | UN | AU |  |  |  | SADC | SACU |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Burkina Faso | 550 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  |  | UEMOA |  |  | LGA | AES |  |  |  |  |
Burundi | 170 | FBu | UN | AU |  | COMESA | CEPGL |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ECCAS |  |  | EAC |
Cameroon | 1,180 | XAF (Fr) | UN | AU |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ECCAS | CEMAC |  |  |
Cape Verde | 3,270 | CVE (Esc or $) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Central African Republic | 470 | XAF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ECCAS | CEMAC |  |  |
Chad | 620 | XAF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ECCAS | CEMAC |  |  |
Comoros | 750 | FC | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Congo, Democratic Republic of the | 180 | CDF (Fr) | UN | AU |  | COMESA | CEPGL | SADC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ECCAS |  |  |  |
Congo, Republic of the | 2,150 | XAF (Fr) | UN | AU |  |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS | UEMOA |  |  |  |  | ECCAS | CEMAC |  |  |
Côte d'Ivoire | 1,160 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS | UEMOA |  | MRU |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Djibouti | 1,270 | DJF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | IGAD |  |
Egypt | 2,440 | (E£ or ج.م) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA |  |  |  | ECOWAS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Equatorial Guinea | 14,540 | XAF (Fr) | UN | AU |  |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS |  |  |  |  |  | ECCAS | CEMAC |  |  |
Eritrea | 340 | Nfk | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA |  |  |  | ECOWAS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | IGAD |  |
Ethiopia | 390 | Br | UN | AU |  | COMESA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | IGAD |  |
Gabon | 7,740 | XPF (Fr) | UN | AU |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ECCAS | CEMAC |  |  |
Gambia, The | 450 | D | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS |  | WAMZ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Ghana | 1,230 | ₵ | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS |  | WAMZ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Guinea | 400 | FG) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS |  | WAMZ | MRU |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Guinea-Bissau | 590 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS | UEMOA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Kenya | 790 | KSh | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | IGAD | EAC |
Lesotho | 1,040 | L and R | UN | AU |  | x |  | SADC | SACU | ECOWAS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Liberia | 200 | L$ | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS |  | WAMZ | MRU |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Libya | 12,320 | LD or ل.د | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | AMU
Madagascar | 430 | Ar | UN | AU |  | COMESA |  | SADC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Malawi | 330 | MK | UN | AU |  | COMESA |  | SADC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Mali | 600 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  |  | UEMOA |  |  | LGA | AES |  |  |  |  |
Mauritania | 1,030 | UM | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | x |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | AMU
Mauritius | 7,750 | Rs | UN | AU |  | COMESA |  | SADC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Morocco | 2,900 | DH or د.م. | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | AMU
Mozambique | 440 | Mt | UN | AU |  | x |  | SADC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Namibia | 4,500 | N$ and R | UN | AU |  | x |  | SADC | SACU |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Niger | 370 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  |  | UEMOA |  |  | LGA | AES |  |  |  |  |
Nigeria | 1,180 | ₦ | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS |  | WAMZ |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Rwanda | 520 | FRw) | UN | AU |  | COMESA | CEPGL |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | EAC |
Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic | n/d | DA or د.ج and MRO (UM) and MAD (د. م.) and (Ptas) |  | AU |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
São Tomé and Príncipe | 1,200 | Db | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ECCAS |  |  |  |
Senegal | 1,090 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA |  |  |  | ECOWAS | UEMOA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Seychelles | 9,760 | Rs | UN | AU |  | COMESA |  | SADC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Sierra Leone | 340 | Le | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS |  | WAMZ | MRU |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Somalia | n/d | Sh.So. | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | IGAD | Applied |
Somaliland | n/d | Sl.Sh. |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
South Africa | 6,090 | R | UN | AU |  |  |  | SADC | SACU | ECOWAS |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
South Sudan | n/d | £ SSP | UN | AU |  | COMESA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | IGAD | EAC |
Sudan | 1,270 | LS | UN | AU | CEN-SAD | COMESA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | IGAD |  |
Swaziland | 2,630 | L | UN | AU |  | COMESA |  | SADC | SACU |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tanzania | 530 | TSh | UN | AU |  | x |  | SADC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | EAC |
Togo | 490 | XOF (Fr) | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  | ECOWAS | UEMOA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Tunisia | 4,060 | DT or د.ت | UN | AU | CEN-SAD |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | ECCAS |  |  |  | AMU
Uganda | 500 | USh | UN | AU |  | COMESA |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  | IGAD | EAC |
Zambia | 1,070 | ZK | UN | AU |  | COMESA |  | SADC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Zimbabwe | 460 | P and £stg and € and R and US$ and Z$ | UN | AU |  | COMESA |  | SADC |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |  |
Euler diagram showing the relationships between various supranational African organisations.

high income ($12,276 or more)

higher middle income ($3,976 - $12,275)

lower middle income ($1,006 - $3,975)

low income ($1,005 or less)

"Name of Organisation" (member states)

x (former members)

Applied (members that have applied to an organisation)

## Notes

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1. ^ Only 57 sovereign states are listed, including Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, Somaliland, and Azawad which are not UN members
2. ^ Gross National Income, List of countries by GNI (nominal, Atlas method) per capita World Development Indicators database [1], World Bank, revised 17 October 2008 [2] GNI per capita 2008, Atlas method and PPP; Country classification - low income ($995 or less), lower middle income ($996 - $3,945) upper middle income ($3,946 to $12,195), high income ($12,196 or more)
3. ^ The different currencies of Africa
4. ^ The United Nations is a world-wide organisation with 193 members, see also; Universal Declaration of Human Rights
5. ^ 54 Members of the African Union

## See also

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