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

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...

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 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 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 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...

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...