instance_of organisation of african unity
Ethiopia ('), officially known as the Federal Democratic ___MASK38___ of Ethiopia "' (     , " yetiyoya Fdralaw Dmokirasyaw Rpebilk " ), is a country located in the Horn of Africa . It shares borders with Eritrea to the north and northeast , Djibouti and Somalia to the east , Sudan and South Sudan to the west , and Kenya to the south . With nearly 100 million inhabitants , Ethiopia is the most populous landlocked country in the world , as well as the second - most populous nation on the African ___MASK43___ after Nigeria . It occupies a total area of , and its capital and largest city is Addis Ababa . Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma , GCB ( born ___MASK68___ ___MASK86___ 1942 ) is the President of South Africa , elected by ___MASK51___ following his party ' s victory in the 2009 ___MASK95___ . He was re - elected in the 2014 election . The Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ; French : Organisation de l ' unité africaine ( OUA ) ) was established on ___MASK55___ May 1963 in Addis Ababa , with 32 signatory governments . It was disbanded on 9 July 2002 by its last chairperson , South African President Thabo Mbeki , and replaced by the African Union ( AU ) . Addis Ababa (' , " new ___MASK19___ " " Natural ___MASK42___ ( s )") or Addis Abeba ( the spelling used by the official Ethiopian Mapping Authority ), is the ___MASK9___ and largest city of Ethiopia . It has a population of 3 , 384 , 569 according to the 2007 population census , with annual growth rate of 3 . 8 %. This number has been increased from the originally published 2 , 738 , 248 figure and appears to be still largely underestimated . The Commission of the African ___MASK18___ acts as the executive / administrative branch or secretariat of the AU ( and is somewhat analogous to the European Commission ). It consists of a number of Commissioners dealing with different areas of policy . The Commission is headquartered in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia . It should be distinguished from the African Commission on Human and Peoples ' ___MASK98___ , ( based in Banjul , Gambia ), which is a separate body that reports to the African ___MASK18___ . The President of the ___MASK38___ of South Africa is the ___MASK62___ of state and ___MASK62___ of ___MASK79___ under the Constitution of South Africa . From 1961 to 1994 , the ___MASK62___ of state was called the State President . Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki ( born 18 ___MASK48___ 1942 ) is a South African ___MASK47___ who served nine years as the second post - apartheid President of South Africa from 14 ___MASK48___ 1999 to 24 ___MASK65___ 2008 . On 20 ___MASK65___ 2008 , with about nine months left in his second term , Mbeki announced his resignation after being recalled by the National Executive Committee of the ANC , following a conclusion by judge C . R . Nicholson of improper interference in the National Prosecuting Authority ( NPA ), including the prosecution of Jacob Zuma for ___MASK5___ . On 12 January 2009 , the Supreme Court of Appeal unanimously overturned judge Nicholson ' s judgment but the resignation stood . The ___MASK25___ of the African ___MASK18___ , which is formally known as the African ___MASK18___ ___MASK25___ of Heads of ___MASK29___ and ___MASK79___ ( AU - AHSG ), is one of several decision - making bodies within the African ___MASK18___ . The other bodies are the Pan - African Parliament , the Executive Council consisting of foreign ministers of the AU members states , and the African ___MASK18___ Commission . The Chairperson of the ___MASK25___ has few formal functions , the most important of which is to preside at the Pan - African Parliament during the election and swearing in of the President of the Pan - African Parliament . The African ___MASK18___ ( AU ) is a continental ___MASK18___ consisting of all 55 countries on the African ___MASK43___ . It was established on 26 May 2001 in Addis Ababa , Ethiopia , and launched on 9 July 2002 in South Africa , with the aim of replacing the Organisation of African Unity ( OAU ). The most important decisions of the AU are made by the Assembly of the African ___MASK18___ , a semi - annual meeting of the heads of state and government of its member states . The AU ' s secretariat , the African ___MASK18___ Commission , is based in Addis Ababa . The National Executive ___MASK31___ ( NEC ) is the chief administrative body of the Labour ___MASK77___ . Its ___MASK100___ has changed over the years , and includes representatives of affiliated trade unions , the Parliamentary Labour ___MASK77___ and European Parliamentary Labour ___MASK77___ , constituency Labour parties , and socialist societies , as well as " ex officio " members such as the ___MASK77___ Leader and Deputy Leader and several of their appointees . The ___MASK22___ of the ___MASK38___ of South Africa ( Act No . 108 of 1996 ), created a ___MASK89___ National Prosecution Authority ( NPA ), which is governed by the National Prosecuting Authority Act ( Act No . 32 of 1998 ). The ___MASK22___ , read with this Act , provides the NPA with the power to institute criminal proceedings on behalf of the State , to carry out any necessary functions incidental to institution of criminal proceedings and to discontinue criminal proceedings . The NPA is accountable to Parliament , while the final responsibility over the prosecuting authority lies with the Minister of Justice . The Ethiopian Mapping Authority ( EMA ) is a ___MASK70___ of the Ethiopian ___MASK79___ , a department within the Ministry of Interior , that is responsible for cartographic mapping and remote sensing activities in Ethiopia . During its early years , the EMA benefited from United States assistance , both in terms of financial assistance from the Point Four Programme and a comprehensive ___MASK41___ mapping operation of the country undertaken by the United States Army . Today the EMA has expanded its operation to include a comprehensive map revision programme in addition to various phases of digital mapping and information technology . A continental ___MASK18___ is a regional ___MASK60___ which facilitates pan - continental integration . Continental unions vary from collaborative intergovernmental organizations , to supranational politico - economic unions . Continental unions are a relatively new type of political entity in the ___MASK88___ of human ___MASK79___ . Throughout most of human ___MASK88___ , political ___MASK60___ has been at the local level ( i . e . tribal , city state ) and in more recent centuries , the sub - regional (" regional ")/ sub - continental level ( i . e . river system / basin empires , the modern " nation - state "); however , starting with the advent of better transportation , weapons and communication there was for the first time the ability for a ___MASK18___ of member states to organize at the continental level . After the devastation of the first and second world wars in the middle of the 1900s , Europe began to slowly integrate with the founding of the " European Community ", which became a political ___MASK18___ covering much of the European ___MASK43___ ( 28 member states ). South Africa , officially the ___MASK38___ of South Africa ( RSA ), is the southernmost country in Africa . It is bounded on the south by of coastline of Southern Africa stretching along the South Atlantic and Indian Oceans , on the north by the neighbouring countries of Namibia , Botswana and Zimbabwe , and on the east and northeast by Mozambique and Swaziland , and surrounding the kingdom of Lesotho . South Africa is the 25th - largest country in the world by land area , and with close to 56 million people , is the world ' s 24th - most populous nation . It is the southernmost country on the mainland of the Old World or the Eastern Hemisphere . It is the only country that borders both the Atlantic Ocean and the Indian Ocean . About 80 percent of South Africans are of Sub - Saharan African ancestry , divided among a variety of ethnic groups speaking different Bantu languages , nine of which have official status . The remaining population consists of Africa ' s largest communities of European ( white ), Asian ( Indian ), and multiracial ( coloured ) ancestry .