African Union

== Politics ==
{{Politics of the African Union}}
The African Union has a number of official bodies:
; [[Pan-African Parliament]] (PAP): To become the highest legislative body of the African Union. The seat of the PAP is at [[Midrand]], [[Johannesburg]], South Africa. The Parliament is composed of 265&nbsp;elected representatives from all 55&nbsp;AU states, and intended to provide popular and civil-society participation in the processes of democratic governance. Its president is [[Roger Nkodo Dang]], of [[Cameroon]].
; [[Assembly of the African Union]]: Composed of heads of state and heads of government of AU states, the Assembly is currently the supreme governing body of the African Union. It is gradually devolving some of its decision-making powers to the Pan-African Parliament. It meets once a year and makes its decisions by consensus or by a two-thirds majority. The current [[Chairperson of the African Union|chair of the AU]] is President [[Macky Sall]], President of [[Senegal]].
; [[African Union Commission|African Union Commission (or Authority)]] : The secretariat of the African Union, composed of ten commissioners and supporting staff and headquartered in [[Addis Ababa]], Ethiopia. In a similar fashion to its [[European Union|European]] counterpart, the [[European Commission]], it is responsible for the administration and coordination of the AU's activities and meetings.
; [[Court of Justice of the African Union]]: The Constitutive Act provides for a Court of Justice to rule on disputes over interpretation of AU treaties. A protocol to set up this Court of Justice was adopted in 2003 and entered into force in 2009. It was, however, superseded by a protocol creating an [[African Court of Justice and Human Rights]], which will incorporate the already established [[African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights]] (see below) and have two chambers: one for general legal matters and one for rulings on the human rights treaties.
; [[Executive Council of the African Union|Executive Council]]: Composed of ministers designated by the governments of member states. It decides on matters such as foreign trade, social security, food, agriculture and communications, is accountable to the Assembly, and prepares material for the Assembly to discuss and approve. It is chaired by Shawn Makuyana of Zimbabwe (2015– ).
; [[Permanent Representatives' Committee of the African Union|Permanent Representatives' Committee]]: Consisting of nominated permanent representatives of member states, the Committee prepares the work for the Executive Council, similar to the role of the [[Committee of Permanent Representatives]] in the [[European Union]].
; [[Peace and Security Council]] (PSC): Proposed at the Lusaka Summit in 2001 and established in 2004 under a protocol to the Constitutive Act adopted by the AU Assembly in July 2002. The protocol defines the PSC as a collective security and early-warning arrangement to facilitate timely and effective response to conflict and crisis situations in Africa. Other responsibilities conferred to the PSC by the protocol include prevention, management and resolution of conflicts, post-conflict peace building and developing common defence policies. The PSC has fifteen members elected on a regional basis by the Assembly. Similar in intent and operation to the [[United Nations Security Council]].
; [[Economic, Social and Cultural Council]]:An advisory organ composed of professional and civic representatives, similar to the European [[Economic and Social Committee]]. The chair of ECOSOCC, elected in 2008, is Cameroonian lawyer [[Akere Muna]] of the Pan-African Lawyers Union (PALU).
; [[Specialised Technical Committees of the African Union|Specialised Technical Committees]]: Both the Abuja Treaty and the Constitutive Act provide for Specialised Technical Committees to be established made up of African ministers to advise the Assembly. In practice, they have never been set up. The ten proposed themes are: Rural Economy and Agricultural Matters; Monetary and Financial Affairs; Trade, Customs, and Immigration; Industry, Science and Technology; Energy, Natural Resources, and Environment; Transport, Communications, and Tourism; Health; Labour, and Social Affairs; Education, Culture, and Human Resources.
; Financial institutions
* [[African Central Bank]] – [[Abuja]], Nigeria
* [[African Investment Bank]] – [[Tripoli, Libya]]
* [[African Monetary Fund]] – [[Yaoundé]], Cameroon
These institutions have not yet been established; however, the Steering Committees working on their founding have been constituted. Eventually, the AU aims to have a single currency (the [[Afro (currency)|Afro]]).
; Health: The [[Africa Centres for Disease Control and Prevention]] (Africa CDC), founded in 2016 and launched in 2017. Its Headquarters are in Addis Ababa Ethiopia.<ref name="au.int-2017-01-31">{{cite web|url=https://au.int/en/newsevents/20170131/africa-cdc-official-launch|title= Africa CDC Official Launch|publisher=African Union|date=2017-01-31 |access-date=2020-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180630023917/https://au.int/en/newsevents/20170131/africa-cdc-official-launch|archive-date=30 June 2018}}</ref><ref name="reliefweb.int-2017-02-02">{{cite web|url=https://reliefweb.int/report/world/african-union-launches-africa-cdc-continent-wide-public-health-agency | title= The African Union launches Africa CDC, a Continent-wide Public Health Agency|date= 2017-02-02| work= [[Reliefweb]] | access-date=2020-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322180037/https://reliefweb.int/report/world/african-union-launches-africa-cdc-continent-wide-public-health-agency|archive-date=22 March 2020}}</ref><ref name="cdc.gov-2017-07-27">{{cite web |url=https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/africa-cdc.html | title=Africa CDC: Improving Disease Detection and Emergency Response on the African Continent | date=2017-07-27 | publisher= [[Centers for Disease Control and Prevention]]| access-date=2020-04-13|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200322180936/https://www.cdc.gov/globalhealth/stories/africa-cdc.html|archive-date=22 March 2020}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|title=Inspection visit to Africa CDC Headquarters building site|url=https://africacdc.org/news-item/inspection-visit-to-africa-cdc-headquarters-building-site/|access-date=2022-02-05|website=Africa CDC|language=en-GB|archive-date=5 February 2022|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220205114846/https://africacdc.org/news-item/inspection-visit-to-africa-cdc-headquarters-building-site/|url-status=live}}</ref>
; Human rights: The [[African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights]], in existence since 1986, is established under the [[African Charter on Human and Peoples' Rights]] (the African Charter) rather than the Constitutive Act of the African Union. It is the premier African human rights body, with responsibility for monitoring and promoting compliance with the African Charter. The [[African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights]] was established in 2006 to supplement the work of the commission, following the entry into force of a protocol to the African Charter providing for its creation. It is planned that the African Court on Human and Peoples' Rights will be merged with the Court of Justice of the African Union (see above).
; Space: There is the [[African Space Agency]] officially formed in 2023. It is headquartered in Cairo.
; Energy: There is the [[African Energy Commission]].

=== Governance ===
The principal topic for debate at the July 2007 AU summit held in [[Accra]], Ghana, was the creation of a Union Government,<ref>Decision on the Report of the 9th Extraordinary session of the executive council on the proposals for the Union Government, DOC.Assembly/AU/10 (VIII), Assembly/AU/Dec.156 (VIII).</ref> with the aim of moving towards a [[United States of Africa]]. A study on the [[Union Government of Africa|Union Government]] was adopted in late 2006,<ref>Study on an African Union Government: Towards a United States of Africa, 2006. See also, Decision on the Union Government, Doc. Assembly/AU/2(VII).</ref> and proposes various options for "completing" the African Union project. There are divisions among African states on the proposals, with some (notably [[Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Libya]]) following a maximalist view leading to a common government with an AU army; and others (especially the southern African states) supporting rather a strengthening of the existing structures, with some reforms to deal with administrative and political challenges in making the AU Commission and other bodies truly effective.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070608200746/http://www.pambazuka.org/aumonitor/|url-status=dead|title=Pambazuka.org|archive-date=8 June 2007}}</ref>

Following a heated debate in Accra, the [[Assembly of the African Union|Assembly of Heads of State and Government]] agreed in the form of a declaration to review the state of affairs of the AU with a view to determining its readiness towards a Union Government.<ref>Accra Declaration, Assembly of the Union at its 9th Ordinary session in Accra, Ghana, 1–3 July 2007.</ref> In particular, the Assembly agreed to:
* Accelerate the economic and political integration of the African continent, including the formation of a [[Union Government of Africa]];
* Conduct an audit of the institutions and organs of the AU; review the relationship between the AU and the RECs; find ways to strengthen the AU and elaborate a timeframe to establish a Union Government of Africa.

The declaration lastly noted the "importance of involving the African peoples, including [[Regions of the African Union#African diaspora|Africans in the Diaspora]], in the processes leading to the formation of the Union Government."

Following this decision, a panel of eminent persons was set up to conduct the "audit review". The review team began its work on 1 September 2007. The review was presented to the Assembly of Heads of State and Government at the January 2008 summit in Addis Ababa. No final decision was taken on the recommendations, however, and a committee of ten heads of state was appointed to consider the review and report back to the July 2008 summit to be held in Egypt.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2008/january/summit/docs/decisions/Assembly.Dec_171%20-%20192%20_X_%20-%20Addis_February_2008.pdf |title=Decision on the Report of the Executive Council on the Audit of the Union and the Report of the Ministerial Committee on the Union Government, Doc. Assembly/Au/8(X) |access-date=26 November 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120222043847/http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2008/january/summit/docs/decisions/Assembly.Dec_171%20-%20192%20_X_%20-%20Addis_February_2008.pdf |archive-date=22 February 2012}}</ref> At the July 2008 summit, a decision was once again deferred, for a "final" debate at the January 2009 summit to be held in Addis Ababa.

==== Role of African Union ====
{{Supranational African Bodies|align=right|size=500px}}
One of the key debates in relation to the achievement of greater continental integration is the relative priority that should be given to integration of the continent as a unit in itself or to integration of the sub-regions. The 1980 [[Lagos Plan of Action for the Development of Africa]] and the 1991 treaty to establish the African Economic Community (also referred to as the Abuja Treaty), proposed the creation of [[Regional Economic Communities]] (RECs) as the basis for African integration, with a timetable for regional and then continental integration to follow.<ref>See note on [https://web.archive.org/web/20040906140832/http://www.dfa.gov.za/docs/2003/au0815.htm The Role of the Regional Economic Communities (RECs) as the Building Blocks of the African Union] prepared by the South African Department of Foreign Affairs.</ref>

Currently, there are eight RECs recognised by the AU, each established under a separate regional treaty. They are:
* the [[Arab Maghreb Union]] (AMU)
* the [[Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa]] (COMESA)
* the [[Community of Sahel-Saharan States]] (CEN-SAD)
* the [[East African Community]] (EAC)
* the [[Economic Community of Central African States]] (ECCAS)
* the [[Economic Community of West African States]] (ECOWAS)
* the [[Intergovernmental Authority on Development]] (IGAD)
* the [[Southern Africa Development Community]] (SADC)

The membership of many of the communities overlaps, and their rationalisation has been under discussion for several years—and formed the theme of the 2006 Banjul summit. At the July 2007 Accra summit the Assembly finally decided to adopt a Protocol on Relations between the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities.<ref>Decision on the Protocol on Relations between the African Union and the Regional Economic Communities (RECs), Assembly/AU/Dec.166 (IX).</ref> This protocol is intended to facilitate the harmonisation of policies and ensure compliance with the Abuja Treaty and Lagos Plan of Action time frames.

=== Selection of the chairperson ===
In 2006, the AU decided to create a Committee "to consider the implementation of a rotation system between the regions" in relation to the presidency. Controversy arose at the 2006 summit when Sudan announced its candidacy for the AU's chairmanship, as a representative of the East African region. Several member states refused to support Sudan because of tensions over [[Darfur]] (see also below). Sudan ultimately withdrew its candidacy and President [[Denis Sassou-Nguesso]] of the [[Republic of the Congo]] was elected to a one-year term. At the January 2007 summit, Sassou-Nguesso was replaced by President [[John Agyekum Kufuor]] of Ghana, despite another attempt by Sudan to gain the chair. The year 2007 was the 50th anniversary of Ghana's independence, a symbolic moment for the country to hold the chair of the AU—and to host the mid-year summit at which the proposed Union Government was also discussed. In January 2008, President [[Jakaya Kikwete]] of Tanzania took over as chair, representing the East African region and thus apparently ending Sudan's attempt to become chair—at least till the rotation returned to East Africa.<ref>See [http://www.afrimap.org/english/images/report/AU_People-DrivenNov07.pdf ''Towards a People-Driven African Union: Current Obstacles and New Opportunities''] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080216054523/http://www.afrimap.org/english/images/report/AU_People-DrivenNov07.pdf |date=16 February 2008 }}, AfriMAP, AFRODAD and Oxfam GB, Updated Edition November 2007, pp. 45–46, and [http://www.afrimap.org/english/images/report/AfriMAP-AU-Guide-EN.pdf ''Strengthening Popular Participation in the African Union: A Guide to AU Structures and Processes''] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130927110741/http://www.afrimap.org/english/images/report/AfriMAP-AU-Guide-EN.pdf |date=27 September 2013 }}, AfriMAP and Oxfam GB, 2010, pp. 8–9.</ref> The current chair is [[Mohamed Ould  Ghazouani]], President of [[Mauritania]], whose term began on February 17, 2024.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.ena.et/web/eng/w/eng_4033947 | title=President of Mauritania Elected as New Chairperson of AU }}</ref>

==== List of chairpersons ====
{{main|Chairperson of the African Union}}
[[File:Jakaya Kikwete and Muammar al-Gaddafi, 12th AU Summit, 090202-N-0506A-678.jpg|thumb|left|[[Muammar Gaddafi]] embracing Tanzanian President [[Jakaya Kikwete|Kikwete]] after assuming the chairmanship]]
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{|class="wikitable"
|-valign=top
|+Chairpersons of the African Union
|-
!scope="col"|Name
!scope="col"|Beginning of term
!scope="col"|End of term
!scope="col"|Country
|-
|scope="row"|[[Thabo Mbeki]]
|9 July 2002
|10 July 2003
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Joaquim Chissano]]
|10 July 2003
|6 July 2004
|{{flag|Mozambique}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Olusegun Obasanjo]]
|6 July 2004
|24 January 2006
|{{flag|Nigeria}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Denis Sassou-Nguesso]]
|24 January 2006
|24 January 2007
|{{flag|Republic of the Congo}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[John Kufuor]]
|30 January 2007
|31 January 2008
|{{flag|Ghana}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Jakaya Kikwete]]
|31 January 2008
|2 February 2009
|{{flag|Tanzania}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Muammar al-Gaddafi]]
|2 February 2009
|31 January 2010
|{{flagdeco|Libya|1977}} [[Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriya|Libya]]
|-
|scope="row"|[[Bingu wa Mutharika]]<ref>[https://af.reuters.com/article/topNews/idAFJOE60U05O20100131l Gaddafi fails in bid to remain African Union chair], Reuters, 31 January 2010 {{Dead link|date=May 2016|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}}</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20111230205627/http://www.google.com/hostednews/afp/article/ALeqM5g8cvj3048f4WEB6UQuim80MKqhVA Malawi president takes over as AU president], AFP, 31 January 2010</ref>
|31 January 2010
|31 January 2011
|{{flag|Malawi|2010}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Teodoro Obiang Nguema Mbasogo]]<ref>[http://www.au.int/en/dp/cp/biography According to the AU] {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111006153642/http://www.au.int/en/dp/cp/biography |date=6 October 2011 }}, his official style is ''Son Excellence Obiang Nguema Mbasogo, Président de la République, Chef de l'État et Président Fondateur du Parti Démocratique de Guinée Equatoriale'' {{in lang|fr}}. Retrieved 4 October 2011.</ref>
|31 January 2011
|29 January 2012
|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Yayi Boni]]
|29 January 2012
|27 January 2013
|{{flag|Benin}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Hailemariam Desalegn]]
|27 January 2013
|30 January 2014
|{{flag|Ethiopia}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Mohamed Ould Abdel Aziz]]
|30 January 2014
|30 January 2015
|{{flag|Mauritania|1959}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Robert Mugabe]]
|30 January 2015
|30 January 2016
|{{flag|Zimbabwe}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Idriss Déby]]
|30 January 2016
|30 January 2017
|{{flag|Chad}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Alpha Condé]]
|30 January 2017
|28 January 2018
|{{flag|Guinea}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Paul Kagame]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20180128/president-paul-kagame-elected-new-chairperson-african-union-year-2018 |title=President Paul Kagame, Elected as New Chairperson of the African Union for the year 2018 - African Union |website=au.int |access-date=6 February 2018 |archive-date=5 February 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190205134722/https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20180128/president-paul-kagame-elected-new-chairperson-african-union-year-2018 |url-status=live }}</ref>
|28 January 2018
|10 February 2019
|{{flag|Rwanda}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Abdel Fattah el-Sisi]]
|10 February 2019
|10 February 2020
|{{flag|Egypt}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Cyril Ramaphosa]]<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/south-africa-takes-au-chair-expect-200209131603484.html |title=South Africa takes over as AU chair: What to expect |website=aljazeera.com |access-date=12 February 2020 |archive-date=12 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200212104846/https://www.aljazeera.com/news/2020/02/south-africa-takes-au-chair-expect-200209131603484.html |url-status=live }}</ref>
|10 February 2020
|10 February 2021
|{{flag|South Africa}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Félix Tshisekedi]]
|10 February 2021
|5 February 2022
|{{flag|Democratic Republic of the Congo}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Macky Sall]]
|5 February 2022
|18 February 2023
|{{flag|Senegal}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Azali Assoumani]]
|18 February 2023
|17 February 2024
|{{flag|Comoros}}
|-
|scope="row"|[[Mohamed Ould  Ghazouani]]
|17 February 2024
|''Incumbent''
|{{flag|Mauritania}}
|}

=== Headquarters ===
{{Main|African Union Conference Center and Office Complex}}
The main administrative capital of the African Union is in [[Addis Ababa]], [[Ethiopia]], where the African Union Commission is headquartered. A new headquarters complex, the [[African Union Conference Center and Office Complex|AU Conference Center and Office Complex]] (AUCC), was inaugurated on 28 January 2012, during the 18th AU summit.<ref name="AU_NewHQ">Press release No 13 / 18th AU Summit : [http://www.au.int/en/sites/default/files/28%2001%202012_18SUMMIT_PR_INAUGURATION.pdf Inauguration of the new African Union Conference Center] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120216164902/http://www.au.int/en/sites/default/files/28%2001%202012_18SUMMIT_PR_INAUGURATION.pdf|date=16 February 2012}}. Directorate of Information and Communication. [[African Union Commission]] (28 January 2012).</ref> The complex was built by [[China State Construction Engineering Corporation]] as a gift from the [[Government of the People's Republic of China|Chinese government]], and accommodates, among other facilities, a 2,500-seat plenary hall and a 20-story office tower. The tower is 99.9 meters high to signify the date 9 September 1999, when the [[Organisation of African Unity]] voted to become the African Union.<ref name="Chinadaily_NewHQ">{{cite web |url=http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-01/30/content_14502354.htm |title=New headquarters shows partnership entering era of hope: Ethiopia PM |last=Linyan |first=Wang |website=[[China Daily]] |access-date=2 February 2012 |archive-date=29 March 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190329195054/http://www.chinadaily.com.cn/cndy/2012-01/30/content_14502354.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> The building cost US$200 million to construct.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |url=https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/if-china-bugged-the-au-headquarters-what-african-countries-should-be-worried/ |title=If China Bugged the AU Headquarters, What African Countries Should Be Worried? |last=Diplomat |first=Shannon Tiezzi, The |work=The Diplomat |access-date=4 February 2018 |archive-date=5 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180205001133/https://thediplomat.com/2018/01/if-china-bugged-the-au-headquarters-what-african-countries-should-be-worried/ |url-status=live }}</ref>

==== Espionage accusations ====
{{Main|2018 China–African Union espionage allegations}}
On 26 January 2018, five years after the completion of the building of the AU Headquarters, the French newspaper ''[[Le Monde]]''<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.lemonde.fr/afrique/article/2018/01/26/a-addis-abeba-le-siege-de-l-union-africaine-espionne-par-les-chinois_5247521_3212.html |title=A Addis-Abeba, le siège de l'Union africaine espionné par Pékin |website=Le Monde.fr |date=26 January 2018 |language=fr |access-date=4 February 2018 |archive-date=4 February 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180204141153/http://www.lemonde.fr//afrique/article/2018/01/26/a-addis-abeba-le-siege-de-l-union-africaine-espionne-par-les-chinois_5247521_3212.html |url-status=live }}</ref> published an article stating that the Chinese government had heavily bugged the building, installing listening devices in the walls and furniture and setting up the computer system to copy data to servers in Shanghai daily.<ref name=":1" /> The Chinese government denied that they bugged the building, stating that the accusations were "utterly groundless and ridiculous."<ref name=":1" /> Ethiopian Prime Minister [[Hailemariam Desalegn]] rejected the French media report.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.enca.com/africa/au-spying-report-absurd-china |title=AU spying report absurd: China |website=enca.com |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-date=24 August 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180824065955/https://www.enca.com/africa/au-spying-report-absurd-china |url-status=live }}</ref> [[Moussa Faki|Moussa Faki Mahamat]], head of the African Union Commission, said the allegations in the ''Le Monde''{{'}}s report were false. "These are totally false allegations and I believe that we are completely disregarding them."<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-africanunion/african-union-says-has-no-secret-dossiers-after-china-spying-report-idUSKBN1FS19W |title=African Union says has no secret dossiers after China spying report |website=reuter.com |date=8 February 2018 |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-date=10 September 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180910185151/https://www.reuters.com/article/us-china-africanunion/african-union-says-has-no-secret-dossiers-after-china-spying-report-idUSKBN1FS19W |url-status=live |last1=Blanchard |first1=Ben }}</ref> The African Union replaced its Chinese-supplied servers and started encrypting its communications following the event.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/29/16946802/china-african-union-spying-hq-cybersecurity-computers-backdoors-espionage|title=China denies claims it built backdoors into African Union's headquarters for spying|last=Statt|first=Nick|date=2018-01-29|website=The Verge|language=en|access-date=2019-10-09|archive-date=9 October 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191009144348/https://www.theverge.com/2018/1/29/16946802/china-african-union-spying-hq-cybersecurity-computers-backdoors-espionage|url-status=live}}</ref>

===African Union summits===
[[File:Niger, Niamey, Boulevard Mali Béro (2)(Rue IB-56).jpg|thumb|300px|left|Billboard in Niamey (Niger) announcing the 33rd AU Summit (2019)]]
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!width=155px| Session
! Host country
! Host city
! Date
! Theme
! Notes
|-
| 37th || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]]|| {{dts|17 February 2024|format=d}}–{{dts|18 February 2024}}|| "Educate and Skill Africa for the 21st Century"<ref>{{cite web | url=https://au.int/en/summit/37 | title=African Union &#124; an Integrated, Prosperous and Peaceful Africa }}</ref> ||
|-
| 36th || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]]|| {{dts|18 February 2023|format=d}}–{{dts|19 February 2023}}|| || 
|-
| 35th || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]]|| {{dts|5 February 2022|format=d}}–{{dts|6 February 2022}}|| ||
|-
| 34th || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]]|| {{dts|6 February 2021|format=d}}–{{dts|7 February 2021}}|| ||
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| 33rd<ref name=development>{{Cite web|url=https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20200121/33rd-au-summit-kicks-39th-session-permanent-representatives-committee|title=The 33rd AU Summit kicks off with the 39th Session of the Permanent Representatives Committee &#124; African Union|website=au.int|access-date=22 January 2020|archive-date=21 January 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200121172202/https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20200121/33rd-au-summit-kicks-39th-session-permanent-representatives-committee|url-status=live}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]]|| {{dts|9 February 2020|format=d}}–{{dts|10 February 2020}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20191223/33rd-au-summit-online-accreditation-journalists-now-open|title=33rd AU Summit : Online accreditation for Journalists now open &#124; African Union|website=au.int|access-date=22 January 2020|archive-date=3 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200203234748/https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20191223/33rd-au-summit-online-accreditation-journalists-now-open|url-status=live}}</ref>||"Silencing the guns: creating conducive conditions for Africa's development"<ref name=development />||Agreement for [[African Continental Free Trade Agreement]] to become operational in July 2020.<ref name=tradeandmore /> Agreements to reduce gender gap and inequality and to "silence guns" on the continent.<ref name=tradeandmore>{{Cite news|url=https://todaynewsafrica.com/south-african-president-cyril-ramaphosa-elected-african-union-chairperson-as-continent-vows-to-silence-the-guns-boost-trade-and-close-gender-gap/|title=South African President Cyril Ramaphosa elected African Union Chairperson as continent vows to 'silence the guns', boost trade and close gender gap|work=Today News Africa|access-date=2 May 2021|date=9 February 2020|archive-date=16 February 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216015953/https://todaynewsafrica.com/south-african-president-cyril-ramaphosa-elected-african-union-chairperson-as-continent-vows-to-silence-the-guns-boost-trade-and-close-gender-gap/|url-status=live}}</ref>
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| 12th Extraordinary Summit on [[African Continental Free Trade Agreement|AfCFTA]]<ref name=extra12>{{cite web |title=12th Extraordinary Summit on AfCFTA |url=https://au.int/en/newsevents/20190707/12th-extraordinary-summit-afcfta |website=African Union |access-date=8 July 2019 |archive-date=5 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190705085754/https://au.int/en/newsevents/20190707/12th-extraordinary-summit-afcfta |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|Niger}}||[[Niamey]]|| {{dts|4 July 2019|format=d}}–{{dts|8 July 2019}} || "Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa" || Launch of the [[African Continental Free Trade Agreement]]
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| 32nd<ref name="summit32">{{cite web |title=32nd AU summit |url=https://au.int/en/summit/32 |website=African Union |access-date=8 July 2019 |archive-date=6 August 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190806201405/https://au.int/en/summit/32 |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]]|| {{dts|10 February 2019|format=d}}–{{dts|11 February 2019}}||"Refugees, Returnees and Internally Displaced Persons: Towards Durable Solutions to Forced Displacement in Africa"||
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| 11th Extraordinary Summit on AfCFTA<ref name=extra11>{{cite web |title=11th Extraordinary Summit Summary of Key Decisions |url=https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20181118/11th-extraordinary-summit-summary-key-decisions |website=African Union |access-date=22 January 2020 |date=18 November 2018 |archive-date=22 January 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190122180323/https://au.int/en/pressreleases/20181118/11th-extraordinary-summit-summary-key-decisions |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]]|| {{dts|5 November 2018|format=d}}–{{dts|18 November 2018}}|| || Agreement reached on reorganization AU Commission<ref name=extra11 />
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| 31st<ref name="summit31">{{cite web |title=31st AU summit |url=https://au.int/en/summit/31 |website=African Union |access-date=8 July 2019 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708203337/https://au.int/en/summit/31 |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|Mauritania}}||[[Nouakchott]]|| {{dts|25 June 2018|format=dm}} – {{dts|2 July 2018}}|| "Winning the Fight Against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa's Transformation" ||
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| 10th Extraordinary Summit on AfCFTA<ref name=extra10>{{cite web |title=10th Extraordinary Session of the Assembly on AfCFTA |url=https://au.int/en/newsevents/20180321/10th-extraordinary-session-assembly-afcfta |website=African Union |access-date=8 July 2019 |date=21 March 2018 |archive-date=8 July 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190708005309/https://au.int/en/newsevents/20180321/10th-extraordinary-session-assembly-afcfta |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|Rwanda}}||[[Kigali]]|| {{dts|17 March 2018|format=d}}–{{dts|21 March 2018}}|| "Creating One African Market" || Agreement reached on the AfCFTA
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| 30th<ref name=summit30>{{cite web |title=30th AU summit |url=https://au.int/en/summit/30 |access-date=21 March 2018 |archive-date=22 March 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180322020614/https://au.int/en/summit/30 |url-status=live }}</ref>|| {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|22 January 2018|format=d}}–{{dts|29 January 2018}}|| "Winning the Fight Against Corruption: A Sustainable Path to Africa's Transformation" ||
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| 29th<ref name=summit29>{{cite web |title=29th AU summit |date=5 July 2017 |url=https://au.int/en/summit/29 |access-date=15 November 2017 |archive-date=16 November 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171116034051/https://au.int/en/summit/29 |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|27 June 2017|format=dm}} – {{dts|4 July 2017}}|| "Harnessing the Demographic Dividend Through Investments in Youth" ||
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| 28th<ref name=summit28>{{cite web |title=28th AU summit |date=30 January 2017 |url=https://www.au.int/web/en/summit/28 |access-date=31 January 2017 |archive-date=2 February 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170202063411/https://www.au.int/web/en/summit/28 |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|22 January 2017|format=d}}–{{dts|31 January 2017}}|| "Harnessing the Demographic Dividend Through Investments in Youth" || Morocco rejoins the AU after 33 years
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| 27th<ref name=summit27>{{cite web |title=27th AU summit |date=July 2016 |url=http://www.au.int/en/summit/27 |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-date=7 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161007033940/http://www.au.int/en/summit/27 |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|Rwanda}}||[[Kigali]] || {{dts|10 July 2016|format=d}}–{{dts|18 July 2016}}|| "African Year of Human Rights with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women" || Launch of [[African Union Passport]]
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| 26th<ref name=summit26>{{cite web |title=26th AU summit |date=January 2016 |url=http://www.au.int/en/summit/26 |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-date=29 September 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160929114302/http://au.int/en/summit/26 |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|21 January 2016|format=d}}–{{dts|31 January 2016}}|| "African Year of Human Rights with Particular Focus on the Rights of Women"||
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| [[Third India-Africa Forum Summit]] || {{flag|India}} || [[New Delhi]] || {{dts|26 October 2015|format=d}}–{{dts|29 October 2015}} || "Reinvigorated Partnership—Shared Vision" ||
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| 25th<ref name=summit25>{{cite web |title=25th AU summit |date=June 2015 |url=http://www.au.int/en/summit/25 |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-date=2 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002150945/http://www.au.int/en/summit/25 |url-status=live }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=25th African Union Summit in Johannesburg – African Union Commission media information |date=June 2015 |url=http://www.dirco.gov.za/docs/2015/au0421.htm |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-date=23 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150923215016/http://www.dirco.gov.za/docs/2015/au0421.htm |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|South Africa}}||[[Johannesburg]] || {{dts|7 June 2015|format=d}}–{{dts|15 June 2015}}|| "Year of Women Empowerment and Development Towards Africa's Agenda 2063" || Featured Angelina Jolie<ref>{{cite web |title=A Call for Global Support in Ending Women's Violence Done by Angelina Jolie |publisher=Newwatch NGR |url=http://www.newswatchngr.com/a-call-for-global-support-in-ending-womens-violence-done-by-angelina-jolie-14938 |website=newswatchngr.com |date=February 2016 |access-date=23 February 2016 |archive-date=23 February 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160223171129/http://www.newswatchngr.com/a-call-for-global-support-in-ending-womens-violence-done-by-angelina-jolie-14938 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 24th<ref name=summit24>{{cite web |title=24th AU summit |date=January 2015 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/24thsummit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150624103215/http://summits.au.int/en/24thsummit |archive-date=24 June 2015 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|23 January 2015|format=d}}–{{dts|31 January 2015}}|| "Year of Women Empowerment and Development Towards Africa's Agenda 2063" ||
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| 2nd Africa–Turkey Summit|| {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}||[[Malabo]] || {{dts|19 November 2014|format=d}}–{{dts|21 November 2014}}|| "A New Model of Partnership to Enhance a Sustainable Development and Integration of Africa" ||<ref>{{cite web |title=Second Turkey-Africa Partnership Summit |date=November 2014 |url=http://afrika.mfa.gov.tr/turkey-africa-partnership-summit-19-21-november-2014.en.mfa |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161225225133/http://afrika.mfa.gov.tr/turkey-africa-partnership-summit-19-21-november-2014.en.mfa |archive-date=25 December 2016}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Africa Turkey 2014 |date=November 2014 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/africaturkey2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223095901/http://summits.au.int/en/africaturkey2014 |archive-date=23 December 2015 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 23rd<ref name=summit23>{{cite web |title=23rd AU summit |date=June 2014 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/23rdsummit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140709071223/http://summits.au.int/en/23rdsummit |archive-date=9 July 2014 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}||[[Malabo]] || {{dts|20 June 2014|format=d}}–{{dts|27 June 2014}}|| "Year of Agriculture and food security" ||
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| 22nd<ref name=summit22>{{cite web |title=22nd AU summit |date=January 2014 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/22ndsummit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150214161520/http://summits.au.int/en/22ndsummit |archive-date=14 February 2015 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=22nd Ordinary Session of the Summit of the African Union |date=January 2014 |url=http://nepad.org/summit/22nd-ordinary-session-summit-african-union |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140214002039/http://nepad.org/summit/22nd-ordinary-session-summit-african-union |archive-date=14 February 2014 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|21 January 2014|format=d}}–{{dts|31 January 2014}}|| "Year Agriculture and food security, Marking 10th Anniversary of the Adoption of the Comprehensive Africa Agriculture Development Programme (CAADP)" ||
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| Extraordinary Summit on the [[International Criminal Court|ICC]]<ref name=summiticc>{{cite web |title=AU Extraordinary Summit on ICC |date=October 2013 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/icc |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131220184942/http://summits.au.int/en/icc |archive-date=20 December 2013 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]]
| {{dts|11 October 2013|format=d}}–{{dts|12 October 2013}}|| "Africa's Relationship with the [[International Criminal Court|ICC]]" || This was in regards to the ICC's non-adherence to AU calls to drop certain charges against sitting leaders and claims that it was disproportionally targeting Africans.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/kenya-pushing-for-african-split-from-international-criminal-court-1.1549427 |title=Kenya pushing for African split from International Criminal Court |newspaper=[[Irish Times]] |access-date=30 January 2014 |archive-date=28 September 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150928170024/http://www.irishtimes.com/news/world/africa/kenya-pushing-for-african-split-from-international-criminal-court-1.1549427 |url-status=live }}</ref>
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| 21st<ref name=summit21>{{cite web |title=21st AU summit |date=May 2013 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/21stsummit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130701003301/http://summits.au.int/en/21stsummit |archive-date=1 July 2013 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|19 May 2013|format=d}}–{{dts|27 May 2013}}|| "Panafricanism and African Renaissance" || 50th Anniversary of the Establishment of the [[Organisation of African Unity]]
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| 20th<ref name=summit20>{{cite web |title=20th AU summit |date=January 2013 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/20thsummit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130509094507/http://summits.au.int/en/20thsummit |archive-date=9 May 2013 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|27 January 2013|format=d}}–{{dts|28 January 2013}}|| "Panafricanism and African Renaissance" ||
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| Diaspora Summit<ref>{{cite web |title=Global Africa Diaspora Summit |date=May 2012 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/diasporasummit2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150916162142/http://summits.au.int/en/diasporasummit2012 |archive-date=16 September 2015 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|South Africa}}||[[Sandton, South Africa|Sandton]] || {{dts|23 May 2012|format=d}}–{{dts|25 May 2012}}|| "Towards the Realisation of a United and Integrated Africa and Its Diaspora" ||
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| 19th<ref name=summit19>{{cite web |title=19th African Union (AU) Summit to be held in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia |date=June 2012 |url=http://www.au.int/en/pressreleases/24931/19th-african-union-au-summit-be-held-addis-ababa-ethiopia |access-date=29 September 2016 |archive-date=2 October 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161002164755/http://www.au.int/en/pressreleases/24931/19th-african-union-au-summit-be-held-addis-ababa-ethiopia |url-status=live }}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|9 July 2012|format=d}}–{{dts|16 July 2012}}|| "Boosting Intra-African Trade" ||
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| 18th<ref name=summit18>{{cite web |title=18th AU summit |date=January 2012 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/18thsummit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140614120243/http://summits.au.int/en/18thsummit |archive-date=14 June 2014 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|23 January 2012|format=d}}–{{dts|30 January 2012}}|| "Boosting Intra-African Trade" ||
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| [[17th Ordinary African Union Summit|17th]]<ref name=summit17>{{cite web |title=17th AU summit |date=June 2011 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/17thsummit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20151223095847/http://summits.au.int/en/17thsummit |archive-date=23 December 2015 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{nowrap|{{flag|Equatorial Guinea}}}}||[[Malabo]] || {{dts|23 June 2011|format=dm}} – {{dts|1 July 2011}}|| "Youth Empowerment for Sustainable Development" ||
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| 2nd Africa–India Summit || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|20 May 2011|format=d}}–{{dts|25 May 2011}}|| "Enhancing partnership: shared vision" ||<ref>{{cite web |title=2nd Africa-India Forum Summit |date=May 2011 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/AfricaIndia? |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140331174105/http://summits.au.int/en/AfricaIndia |archive-date=31 March 2014 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
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| 16th<ref name=summit16>{{cite web |title=16th African Union summit |date=January 2011 |url=http://summits.au.int/en/16thsummit |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304090533/http://summits.au.int/en/16thsummit |archive-date=4 March 2016 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|24 January 2011|format=d}}–{{dts|31 January 2011}}|| "Towards Greater Unity and Integration through Shared Values" ||
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| 15th<ref name=summit15>{{cite web |title=15th African Union summit |date=July 2010 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/root/AU/Conferences/2010/july/summit/15thsummit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110909081209/http://www.africa-union.org/root/AU/Conferences/2010/july/summit/15thsummit.html |archive-date=9 September 2011 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Uganda}}||[[Kampala]] || {{dts|19 July 2010|format=d}}–{{dts|27 July 2010}}|| "Maternal, Infant, and Child Health and Development in Africa" ||
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| 14th<ref name=summit14>{{cite web |title=14th African Union summit |date=January 2010 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/conferences/2010/january/summit/14thsummit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011122225/http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/conferences/2010/january/summit/14thsummit.html |archive-date=11 October 2011 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|25 January 2010|format=dm}} – {{dts|2 February 2010}}|| "Information and Communication Technologies (ICT) in Africa: Challenges and Prospects for Development" ||
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| 13th<ref name=summit13>{{cite web |title=13th African Union summit |date=July 2009 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/root/AU/Conferences/2009/july/summit/13thsummit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102040008/http://www.africa-union.org/root/AU/Conferences/2009/july/summit/13thsummit.html |archive-date=2 November 2011 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Libya|1977}}||[[Sirte]] || {{dts|24 June 2009|format=dm}} – {{dts|3 July 2009}}|| "Investing in Agriculture for Economic Growth and Food Security" ||
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| 12th<ref name=summit12>{{cite web |title=12th African Union summit |date=January 2009 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2009/january/summit/12thsummit.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102040018/http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2009/january/summit/12thsummit.html |archive-date=2 November 2011 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|26 January 2009|format=dm}} – {{dts|3 February 2009}}|| "Infrastructure Development in Africa" ||
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| 11th<ref name=summit11>{{cite web |title=The 11th AU summit |date=July 2008 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2008/june/summit/summit.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111011122200/http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2008/june/summit/summit.htm |archive-date=11 October 2011 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Egypt}}||[[Sharm el-Sheikh]] || {{dts|24 June 2008|format=dm}} – {{dts|1 July 2008}}|| "Meeting the Millennium Development Goals on Water and Sanitation" ||
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| 10th<ref name=summit10>{{cite web |title=The 10th African Union summit |date=January 2008 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2008/january/summit/10thsummit.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102035957/http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/2008/january/summit/10thsummit.htm |archive-date=2 November 2011 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|25 January 2008|format=dm}} – {{dts|2 February 2008}}|| "Industrial Development of Africa" ||
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| 9th<ref name=summit9>{{cite web |title=9th African Union summit |date=July 2007 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/root/AU/Conferences/2007/june/summit/9thAUSummit.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111102040001/http://www.africa-union.org/root/AU/Conferences/2007/june/summit/9thAUSummit.htm |archive-date=2 November 2011 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ghana}}||[[Accra]] || {{dts|25 June 2007|format=dm}} – {{dts|6 July 2007}}|| "Grand Debate on the Union Government" ||
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| 8th<ref name=summit8>{{cite web |title=8th African Union summit |date=January 2007 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/root/AU/Conferences/Past/2007/January/summit/summit1.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806145357/http://www.africa-union.org/root/AU/Conferences/Past/2007/January/summit/summit1.htm |archive-date=6 August 2011 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|22 January 2007|format=d}}–{{dts|30 January 2007}}|| 1. "Science, Technology and Scientific Research for Development" <br />2. "Climate Change in Africa" ||
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| 7th<ref name=summit7>{{cite web |title=7th African Union summit |date=July 2006 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/Past/2006/July/summit/summit.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110806144655/http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/Past/2006/July/summit/summit.htm |archive-date=6 August 2011 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Gambia}}||[[Banjul]] || {{dts|25 June 2006|format=dm}} – {{dts|2 July 2006}}|| "Rationalisation of Recs and Regional Integration" ||
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| 6th<ref name=summit6>{{cite web |title=6th African Union summit |date=January 2006 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/summit/jan%202006/home.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080214191451/http://www.africa-union.org/summit/jan%202006/home.htm |archive-date=14 February 2008 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Sudan}}||[[Khartoum]] || {{dts|16 January 2006|format=d}}–{{dts|24 January 2006}}|| "Education and Culture" ||
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| 5th<ref name=summit5>{{cite web |title=5th African Union summit |date=June 2005 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/summit/JULY%202005/home.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080224163231/http://www.africa-union.org/summit/JULY%202005/home.htm |archive-date=24 February 2008 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Libya|1977}}||[[Sirte]] || {{dts|28 June 2005|format=d}}–{{dts|29 June 2005}}|| ||
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| Extraordinary summit on UN Reform<ref name=summitlist>{{cite web |title=AU Summit |url=http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/Summits/summit.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080215221812/http://www.africa-union.org/root/au/Conferences/Summits/summit.htm |archive-date=15 February 2008 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|4 August 2005}} || ||
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| 4th<ref name=summit4>{{cite web |title=4th African Union summit |date=January 2005 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/summit/jan2005/home.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080315081032/http://www.africa-union.org/summit/jan2005/home.htm |archive-date=15 March 2008 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Nigeria}}||[[Abuja]] || {{dts|24 January 2005|format=d}}–{{dts|31 January 2005}}|| ||
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| 3rd<ref name=summit3>{{cite web |title=3rd African Union summit |date=July 2004 |url=http://www.africa-union.org/AU%20summit%202004/Au%20summit%202004.htm |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080207061226/http://www.africa-union.org/AU%20summit%202004/Au%20summit%202004.htm |archive-date=7 February 2008 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Ethiopia}}||[[Addis Ababa]] || {{dts|6 July 2004|format=d}}–{{dts|8 July 2004}}|| ||
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| 2nd<ref name=summit2>{{cite web |title=African Union Summit Maputo Mozambique |date=July 2003 |url=http://www.au2003.gov.mz/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20040708083551/http://www.au2003.gov.mz/ |archive-date=8 July 2004 |access-date=29 September 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|Mozambique}}||[[Maputo]] || {{dts|2 July 2003|format=d}}–{{dts|12 July 2003}}|| ||
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| 1st<ref name=summit1>{{cite web |title=OAU/AU summit |date=June 2002 |url=http://www.au2002.gov.za/ |access-date=29 September 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161022142733/http://www.au2002.gov.za/ |archive-date=22 October 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref> || {{flag|South Africa}}||[[Durban, South Africa|Durban]] || {{dts|28 June 2002}} – {{dts|10 July 2002}}|| "Peace, Development and Prosperity: The African Century" || Notable events include the launch of the African Union.<ref>{{cite web |title=1st AU summit: Documents and Speeches |date=June 2002 |url=http://www.au2002.gov.za/docs/dbnsummit/index.html |access-date=29 September 2016| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161001222437/http://www.au2002.gov.za/docs/dbnsummit/index.html| archive-date=1 October 2016| url-status=dead}}</ref>
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