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Organisation of African Unity

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Summary

Organisation of African Unity is an international organization[1]. It ranks in the top 6% of international organization entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,257 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Instance of: intergovernmental organization[3]
  • Followed by: African Union[4]
  • Headquarters location: Addis Ababa[5]
  • Commons category: Organisation of African Unity[6]
  • Inception: January 1, 1963[7]
  • Dissolved, abolished or demolished date: January 1, 2002[8]
  • Replaces: African and Malagasy Union[9], Monrovia Group[10], Casablanca Group[11]
  • Replaced by: African Union[12]
  • Position held by head of the organization: chairperson of the Organisation of African Unity[13]
  • Partnership with: Asian–African Legal Consultative Organization[14]
  • On focus list of Wikimedia project: Wikipedia:Vital articles/Level/4[15]

Why It Matters

Organisation of African Unity has Wikipedia articles in 26 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[16] It is known by 71 alternative names across languages and contexts.[17]

Related Entities

Addis Ababa Cape Verde People's Republic of the Congo

References

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Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [3] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  2. [4] ↑ . 20th Century Press Archives. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  3. [5] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  4. [6] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  5. [7] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  6. [8] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  7. [9] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  8. [10] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  9. [11] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  10. [12] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  11. [13] ↑ . wikidata.org.
  12. [14] ↑ . aalco.int. aalco.int. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  13. [15] ↑ . wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] ↑ . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] ↑ . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [16] ↑ . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [17] ↑ . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 17w ago · Yirba · 2026-06-20 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Dissolved, abolished or demolished date → +2002-01-01T00:00:00Z
    Followed by → —
    Headquarters location → Addis Ababa
    Replaces → African and Malagasy Union, Monrovia Group, Casablanca Group
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