Morocco: Only African state which is not member of African union

Q.  Which of the following is not the only African state that is not a member of African union?
- Published on 28 Oct 15

a. Senegal
b. Rwanda
c. Canary island
d. Morocco

ANSWER: Morocco
 
- The only African state that is not a member is Morocco, although Burkina Fasoand the Central African Republic have had their memberships suspended due to the recent coup d'état and on going civil war respectively.
- The AU's secretariat, the African Union Commission, is based in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
- Morocco left the AU's predecessor, the Organisation of African Unity(OAU) in 1984, when the majority of member countries supported the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic

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