Cameroon also faces a complaint filed with the African Commission on Human Rights by the Southern Cameroons National Council ( SCNC ) and the Southern Cameroons Peoples Organisation ( SCAPO ) against the Government of the Republic of Cameroon, in which the complainants allege that the Republic of Cameroon is illegally occupying the territory of Southern Cameroons.

Apart from the United Nations, Cameroon is very active in other multilateral organisations or global institutions such as the Francophonie, the Commonwealth, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, The Group of 77, the Non-Aligned Movement, the African Union and the Economic Community of Central African States.

Gabon is a member of the UN and some of its specialized and related agencies, including the World Bank ; Organization of African Unity ( OAU ); Central African Customs Union ( UDEAC / CEMAC ); EC association under Lome Convention ; Communaute Financiere Africaine ( CFA ); Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ( OIC ); Non-Aligned Movement ; withdrew from the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries ( OPEC ).

It also belongs to the Organization of African Unity ( OAU ); Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ( OIC ); Non-Aligned Movement ( NAM ); an associate member of the European Community ( EC ); and African Development Bank ( ADB ).

Although no longer a member of the OAU ( Organisation of African Unity ) since November 12, 1984 — following the admission of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic as the government of Western Sahara — Morocco remains involved in developing the regional economy, as the city of Casablanca contains North Africa's busiest port and serves as the country's economic center.

* 1963 – In Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, the Organisation of African Unity is established.

It is a charter member of the Organization of African Unity and the West African Monetary Union and also belongs to the Niger Basin Authority and the Lake Chad Basin Commission, the Economic Community of West African States, the Non-Aligned Movement, and the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation.

The current Federal Government of Somalia that succeeded the Transitional Federal Government is approved by the Arab League ( AL ), Organisation of Islamic Cooperation ( OIC ), the African Union ( AU ) and Intergovernmental Authority on Development ( IGAD ).

He was initially involved with the multiracial National Union of South African Students, but after he became convinced that Black, Indian and Coloured students needed an organization of their own, he helped found the South African Students ' Organisation ( SASO ), whose agenda included political self-reliance and the unification of university students in a " black consciousness.

Tanzania's first president, Julius Nyerere also was one of the founding members of the Non-Aligned Movement, and, during the Cold War era, Tanzania played an important role in regional and international organizations, such as the Non-Aligned Movement, the front-line states, the G-77, and the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) ( now the African Union ).

He oversaw the transition from the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) to the African Union ( AU ).

The Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic was seated as a member of the Organisation of African Unity in 1984, and was a founding member of the African Union.

* Common African, Malagasy and Mauritian Organization ( OCAMM ) ( Organisation Commune Africaine Malgache et Mauricienne ).

* May 25 – The Organisation of African Unity is established in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.

* December – African and Malagasy Organisation for Economic Cooperation ( OAMCE ) ( Organisation Africain et Malagache de Coopération Économique ) is established.

Both being predominantly Arab countries they are members of the Arab League, GAFTA, WTO, the Organisation of Islamic Cooperation, the Council of Arab Economic Unity and the United Nations.

Widespread civil war was averted when Gabon and the Organisation of African Unity intervened, but sporadic fighting continued until January 1995.

The Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) () was established on 25 May 1963 in Addis Ababa, with 32 signatory governments.

* Organisation of African Trade Union Unity ( OATUU )

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At a summit in Sirte, Libya, March 2001, the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) agreed that the MAP and OMEGA Plans should be merged.

Host of the Organisation of African Unity Conference in 2000, Algeria also was key in bringing Ethiopia and Eritrea to the peace table in 2000.

In 1975 – 1976, Amin became the Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ), a pan-Africanist group designed to promote solidarity of the African states.

Established on July 9, 2002, the AU was formed as a successor to the amalgamated African Economic Community ( AEC ) and the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ).

But election observers from South Africa and the Organisation of African Unity state that the outcome is legitimate.

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Having already served as the Chairman of the Organisation of African Unity in 1986 to 1987, he was elected Chairman of the African Union, the OAU's successor body, in January 2006.

During his lifetime, Banana brought together two of the country's political parties, the Zimbabwe African National Union ( ZANU ) and the Zimbabwe African People's Union ( ZAPU ), became a diplomat for the Organisation of African Unity, and headed the religious department of the University of Zimbabwe.

Banana then became a diplomat for the Organisation of African Unity and head of the religious department at the University of Zimbabwe.

The African Charter on Human and Peoples ' Rights is the region's principal human rights instrument and emerged under the aegis of the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) ( since replaced by the African Union ).

He drafted the constitution of the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ); and also the first constitution of Ghana ( the first UK African colony to achieve independence ) which lasted for nine years until the coup of 1966.

The UN was convinced by the OAU to expel South Africa from bodies such as the World Health Organisation.

On 9 July 2001 he was elected secretary-general of the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) in Lusaka, Zambia, with the task of leading the OAU's transformation into the African Union over the course of one year.

He helped found the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) and was the first secretary-general of the OAU between 1964 and 1972.

* Organisation of African Unity ( OAU )

Within Africa, ECOMOG represented the first credible attempt at a regional security initiative since the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) tried to established an ' Inter-African Force ' to intervene in Chad in 1981.

Although its authority rests on its own treaty, the African Charter, the Commission reports to the Assembly of Heads of State and Government of the African Union ( formerly the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ).

The Sirte Declaration was the resolution adopted by the Organisation of African Unity on 9 September 1999, at the fourth Extraordinary Session of the OAU Assembly of African Heads of State and Government held at Sirte, Libya.

* The " Banjul Charter, or the African Charter on Human and Peoples ' Rights, was adopted by the 51 members of the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) at its meeting in the capital of The Gambia, to take effect October 21, 1986

The African Charter on the Rights and Welfare of the Child ( also called the ACRWC or Children's Charter ) was adopted by the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) in 1990 ( in 2001, the OAU legally became the African Union ) and was entered into force in 1999.

Following this, the Africa Leadership Forum led by President Olusegun Obasanjo, met in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, in collaboration with the Secretariat of the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ) and the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa ( ECA ), a meeting of prominent African personalities, drawn from the private sector, government and non-governmental organisations, and intellectual circles to discuss an appropriate framework for advancing this agenda.

At an African inter-governmental level, the examination of indigenous rights and concerns is pursued by a sub-commission established under the African Commission on Human and Peoples ' Rights ( ACHPR ), sponsored by the African Union ( AU ) ( successor body to the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU )).