| Countries/Territories |
Entry into force |
Ratification * |
Simple signature |
| Burundi |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Benin |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Burkina Faso |
Sep 29, 1969
|
Aug 29, 1969
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Botswana |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Central African Republic |
Apr 16, 1970
|
Mar 16, 1970
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Côte d'Ivoire |
Jun 16, 1969
|
Jan 15, 1969
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Cameroon |
Oct 29, 1978
|
Sep 29, 1978
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Congo, Dem. Rep. of |
Nov 13, 1976
|
Oct 14, 1976
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Congo |
May 29, 1981
|
Apr 29, 1981
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Comoros |
May 16, 2004
|
Apr 16, 2004
[1]
|
Dec 7, 2004
|
| Djibouti |
May 17, 1978
|
Apr 17, 1978
[1]
|
Nov 15, 2005
|
| Algeria |
Jun 24, 1983
|
May 24, 1983
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Egypt |
May 12, 1972
|
Apr 12, 1972
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Ethiopia |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Gabon |
Dec 18, 1988
|
Nov 18, 1988
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Ghana |
Jun 16, 1969
|
May 17, 1969
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Guinea |
Oct 16, 2012
|
Sep 17, 2012
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Gambia |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Kenya |
Jun 16, 1969
|
May 12, 1969
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Liberia |
Dec 22, 1978
|
Nov 22, 1978
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Libya |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Lesotho |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Madagascar |
Oct 23, 1971
|
Sep 23, 1971
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Mali |
Jul 20, 1974
|
Jun 20, 1974
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Mozambique |
May 1, 1981
|
Apr 1, 1981
[2]
|
- |
| Mauritania |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Mauritius |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Malawi |
Apr 12, 1973
|
Mar 12, 1973
[2]
|
- |
| Niger |
Feb 26, 1970
|
Jan 27, 1970
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Nigeria |
Jun 7, 1974
|
May 7, 1974
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Rwanda |
Mar 4, 1980
|
Feb 4, 1980
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Sudan |
Nov 21, 1973
|
Oct 21, 1973
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Senegal |
Mar 24, 1972
|
Feb 24, 1972
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Sierra Leone |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Somalia |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Seychelles |
Jun 16, 1969
|
Apr 7, 1969
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Chad |
Nov 14, 1977
|
Oct 14, 1977
[2]
|
- |
| Togo |
- |
- |
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Tunisia |
Dec 20, 1979
|
Nov 20, 1979
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Tanzania, Un. Rep. of |
Mar 4, 1977
|
Feb 4, 1977
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Uganda |
Dec 15, 1974
|
Nov 15, 1974
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Zambia |
Dec 30, 1977
|
Nov 30, 1977
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Angola |
Jun 1, 1972
|
May 1, 1972
[1]
|
Sep 15, 1968
|
| Sao Tome and Principe |
- |
- |
Feb 2, 2010
|
| Equatorial Guinea |
- |
- |
Feb 1, 2010
|
| Guinea-Bissau |
- |
- |
Jan 30, 2011
|
| South Sudan |
- |
- |
Jan 27, 2012
|
| Eswatini, Kingdom of |
- |
- |
Jan 24, 2013
|
* [1] Ratification
[2] Accession/approbation
[3] Acceptance/approval
[4] Succession
[5] Consent to be bound
[6] Definite signature