Member States of the Organization of African Unity

All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
African Union member states	5
Member States of the Organization of African Unity canonical	2
African Union member state governments	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T6988569 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Member States of the Organization of African Unity
Context triple: [Constitutive Act of the African Union, signatoryGroup, Member States of the Organization of African Unity]

A. African States
African States is a regional grouping of African countries that collectively participate and are represented in international bodies such as the UNICEF Executive Board.
B. African Union
The African Union is a continental organization comprising African countries that promotes political and economic integration, peace, and development across Africa.
C. Member States of the United Nations
The Member States of the United Nations are sovereign countries that have joined the UN to cooperate on international peace, security, and development under the framework of the UN Charter.
D. African Union Commission
The African Union Commission is the administrative and executive arm of the African Union, responsible for implementing its decisions, coordinating activities, and driving continental policies and initiatives.
E. Community of Sahel-Saharan States
The Community of Sahel-Saharan States is a regional organization of African countries focused on promoting economic integration, political cooperation, and security across the Sahel and Sahara regions.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Member States of the Organization of African Unity
Target entity description: Member States of the Organization of African Unity are the African countries that collectively formed the continent-wide intergovernmental body that preceded and helped establish the African Union.

A. African States
African States is a regional grouping of African countries that collectively participate and are represented in international bodies such as the UNICEF Executive Board.
B. African Union
The African Union is a continental organization comprising African countries that promotes political and economic integration, peace, and development across Africa.
C. Member States of the United Nations
The Member States of the United Nations are sovereign countries that have joined the UN to cooperate on international peace, security, and development under the framework of the UN Charter.
D. African Union Commission
The African Union Commission is the administrative and executive arm of the African Union, responsible for implementing its decisions, coordinating activities, and driving continental policies and initiatives.
E. Community of Sahel-Saharan States
The Community of Sahel-Saharan States is a regional organization of African countries focused on promoting economic integration, political cooperation, and security across the Sahel and Sahara regions.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (67)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	group of sovereign states ⓘ international organization membership ⓘ
continent	Africa ⓘ
dissolvedOrAbolished	2002 ⓘ
hasMember	Algeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Algeria (founding member) NERFINISHED ⓘ Angola NERFINISHED ⓘ Benin NERFINISHED ⓘ Botswana NERFINISHED ⓘ Burkina Faso NERFINISHED ⓘ Burundi NERFINISHED ⓘ Cameroon NERFINISHED ⓘ Cape Verde NERFINISHED ⓘ Central African Republic NERFINISHED ⓘ Chad NERFINISHED ⓘ Comoros NERFINISHED ⓘ Côte d’Ivoire NERFINISHED ⓘ Democratic Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Djibouti NERFINISHED ⓘ Egypt NERFINISHED ⓘ Equatorial Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Eritrea NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ethiopia (host of OAU headquarters) NERFINISHED ⓘ Gabon NERFINISHED ⓘ Gambia NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana NERFINISHED ⓘ Ghana (founding member) ⓘ Guinea NERFINISHED ⓘ Guinea-Bissau NERFINISHED ⓘ Kenya NERFINISHED ⓘ Lesotho NERFINISHED ⓘ Liberia NERFINISHED ⓘ Libya NERFINISHED ⓘ Madagascar NERFINISHED ⓘ Malawi NERFINISHED ⓘ Mali NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauritania NERFINISHED ⓘ Mauritius NERFINISHED ⓘ Morocco NERFINISHED ⓘ Mozambique NERFINISHED ⓘ Namibia NERFINISHED ⓘ Niger NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria NERFINISHED ⓘ Nigeria (founding member) NERFINISHED ⓘ Republic of the Congo NERFINISHED ⓘ Rwanda NERFINISHED ⓘ Senegal NERFINISHED ⓘ Senegal (founding member) ⓘ Seychelles NERFINISHED ⓘ Sierra Leone NERFINISHED ⓘ Somalia NERFINISHED ⓘ South Africa NERFINISHED ⓘ Sudan NERFINISHED ⓘ Swaziland NERFINISHED ⓘ São Tomé and Príncipe NERFINISHED ⓘ Tanzania NERFINISHED ⓘ Togo NERFINISHED ⓘ Tunisia NERFINISHED ⓘ Uganda NERFINISHED ⓘ Zaire NERFINISHED ⓘ Zambia NERFINISHED ⓘ Zimbabwe NERFINISHED ⓘ
hasRole	founding members of the African Union ⓘ
inception	1963 ⓘ
partOf	Organization of African Unity NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy	Member States of the African Union NERFINISHED ⓘ

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (8)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Constitutive Act of the African Union → signatoryGroup → Member States of the Organization of African Unity ⓘ

STC on Public Service, Local Government, Urban Development and Decentralization → hasJurisdictionOver → Member States of the Organization of African Unity ⓘ