African Union

==== 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>