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he continent is surrounded by the Mediterranean Sea to the north, the Isthmus of Suez and the Red Sea to the northeast, the Indian Ocean to the southeast and the Atlantic Ocean to the west. The continent includes Madagascar and various archipelagos. It contains 54 fully recognised sovereign states , eight territories and two de facto independent states with limited or no recognition. Algeria is Africa's largest country by area, and Nigeria is its largest by population. African nations cooperate through the establishment of the African Union, which is headquartered in Addis Ababa.

Africa straddles the Equator and encompasses numerous climate areas; it is the only continent to stretch from the northern temperate to southern temperate zones. The majority of the continent and its countries are in the Northern Hemisphere, with a substantial portion and number of countries in the Southern Hemisphere. Africa is home to much biodiversity; it is the continent with the largest number of megafauna species, as it was least affected by the extinction of the Pleistocene megafauna. However, Africa also is heavily affected by a wide range of environmental issues, including desertification, deforestation, water scarcity, and other issues. These entrenched environmental concerns are expected to worsen as climate change impacts Africa. The UN Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has identified Africa as the most vulnerable continent to climate change

The African Union (AU) is a continental union consisting of 55 member states. The union was formed, with Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, as its headquarters, on 26 June 2001. The union was officially established on 9 July 2002 as a successor to the Organisation of African Unity (OAU). In July 2004, the African Union's Pan-African Parliament (PAP) was relocated to Midrand, in South Africa, but the African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights remained in Addis Ababa.

The African Union, not to be confused with the AU Commission, is formed by the Constitutive Act of the African Union, which aims to transform the African Economic Community, a federated commonwealth, into a state under established international conventions. The African Union has a parliamentary government, known as the African Union Government, consisting of legislative, judicial and executive organs. It is led by the African Union President and Head of State, who is also the President of the Pan-African Parliament. A person becomes AU President by being elected to the PAP, and subsequently gaining majority support in the PAP. The powers and authority of the President of the African Parliament derive from the Constitutive Act and the Protocol of the Pan-African Parliament, as well as the inheritance of presidential authority stipulated by African treaties and by international treaties, including those subordinating the Secretary General of the OAU Secretariat to the PAP. The government of the AU consists of all-union, regional, state, and municipal authorities, as well as hundreds of institutions, that together manage the day-to-day affairs of the institution.

1 Nigeria
2 Ethiopia
3 Egypt
4 DR Congo
5 Tanzania
6 South Africa
7 Kenya
8 Uganda
9 Algeria
10 Sudan
11 Morocco
12 Angola
13 Mozambique
14 Ghana
15 Madagascar
16 Cameroon
17 Côte d'Ivoire
18 Niger
19 Burkina Faso
20 Mali
21 Malawi
22 Zambia
23 Senegal
24 Chad
25 Somalia
26 Zimbabwe
27 Guinea
28 Rwanda
29 Benin
30 Burundi
31 Tunisia
32 South Sudan
33 Togo
34 Sierra Leone
35 Libya
36 Congo
37 Liberia
38 Central African Republic
39 Mauritania
40 Eritrea
41 Namibia
42 Gambia
43 Botswana
44 Gabon
45 Lesotho
46 Guinea-Bissau
47 Equatorial Guinea
48 Mauritius
49 Eswatini
50 Djibouti
51 Comoros
52 Cabo Verde
53 Sao Tome & Principe
54 Seychelles