Foreign relations of the African Union

The individual member states of the African Union (AU) coordinate foreign policy through this agency, in addition to conducting their own international relations on a state-by-state basis.

The AU represents the interests of African peoples at large in intergovernmental organizations (IGO's); for instance, it is a permanent observer at the United Nations' General Assembly.

Group of 77: Indian Ocean Commission: Liptako–Gourma Authority: Mano River Union:

Community of Portuguese Language Countries: Organisation internationale de la Francophonie: Organization of Ibero-American States: Organisation of Islamic Cooperation: The African Union maintains special diplomatic representation with the United States,[1] European Union, and as of 2022 has plans for a mission to the People's Republic of China.

[2] In 2011, the United States Mission to the African Union donated a state of the art multimedia box to the cash-starved African Union in a formal ceremony, in which they also presented new interns who will be trained to use it.

African Union Representational Mission to the U.S. in Washington, D.C.
Barack Obama greets Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini Zuma , Chairman of the African Union , Blue Room during a U.S.–Africa Leaders Summit dinner at the White House, Aug. 5, 2014. White House photo by Amanda Lucidon.