Girman Tarayyar Afirka

Lokacin da aka kafa Tarayyar Afirka (AU) a shekara ta 2002, ta wakilci kusan dukkanin nahiyar Afirka, ta gaji membobin Kungiyar hadin kan Afirka (OAU), wanda aka kafa a 1963, a matsayin magajinta. A halin yanzu, AU tana da kasashe mambobi 55. Girma a cikin OAU yawanci ya fito ne daga 'yancin kai bayan mulkin mallaka; yayin da mulkin mallaka ya ƙare, iyakokin OAU sun mamaye kusan dukkanin Afirka.

 Kasancewa memba 
Mataki na 29 na Dokar Tsarin Mulki ta Tarayyar Afirka (an tabbatar da shi a ranar 11 ga Yuli, 2000), ya ce:

 Kowace Jiha ta Afirka na iya, a kowane lokaci bayan shigar da wannan Dokar, sanar da Shugaban Hukumar game da niyyarta ta shiga wannan Dokar kuma a shigar da ita a matsayin memba na Tarayyar.
 Shugaban Hukumar zai, bayan karbar irin wannan sanarwa, ya aika da kwafinsa ga dukkan kasashe mambobin. Za a yanke shawarar shigarwa ta hanyar mafi rinjaye na kasashe membobin. Za a gabatar da shawarar kowace Jiha ga Shugaban Hukumar wanda, bayan karbar adadin kuri'un da ake buƙata, zai sanar da shawarar ga Jiha da ta shafi.

Labarai guda biyu masu zuwa suna tattauna game da dakatar da zama memba:

 Gwamnatocin da za su zo mulki ta hanyar da ba ta dace ba za a ba su damar shiga cikin ayyukan Tarayyar ba.

da kuma

 Kowace Jiha da ke son barin membobinta za ta aika da sanarwa ga Shugaban Hukumar, wanda zai sanar da Kasashen membobinta. A ƙarshen shekara guda daga ranar irin wannan sanarwa, idan ba a janye shi ba, Dokar za ta daina aiki game da Jihar da ta yi murabus, wanda hakan zai daina kasancewa cikin Tarayyar.
 A cikin shekara guda da aka ambata a sakin layi na 1 na wannan Mataki, duk wata kasashe da ke son janyewa daga Tarayyar za ta bi tanadin wannan Dokar kuma za a tilasta ta cika wajibai a ƙarƙashin wannan Dokar har zuwa ranar da aka janye ta.

An yi amfani da tsohuwar waɗannan sassan biyu don dakatar da shiga jihohi a cikin AU sau da yawa. Jiha daya tilo da ta bar OAU ita ce Morocco, wacce ta janye a shekarar 1984 bayan shigar da Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Larabawa ta Sahrawi a shekarar 1982. Ya shiga AU a cikin 2017.

 Mambobin yanzu 
Tsakanin shekara ta 1984 zuwa 2017, Maroko ita ce kadai memba na Majalisar Dinkin Duniya a Afirka wacce ba memba na AU ba, bayan janyewarta daga OAU a shekarar 1984.  Shugabannin kasashe da yawa na Afirka sun goyi bayan sake hadewar Morocco zuwa AU. A watan Yulin 2016, Morocco ta ba da sanarwar cewa tana so ta koma kungiyar. AU ta amince da membobin Morocco a ranar 30 ga Janairun 2017. 

 Girman da zai yiwu 

A watan Fabrairun 2012, Jamhuriyar Caribbean ta Haiti ta nuna cewa za ta nemi inganta matsayin mai kallo zuwa matsayin memba. AU ta shirya a taron koli a watan Yunin 2013 don inganta matsayin Haiti daga mai kallo zuwa abokin tarayya. A cikin sanarwar manema labarai da aka bayar a watan Mayu 2016, Hukumar Tarayyar Afirka ta sanar, "Dangane da Mataki na 29.1 na Dokar Tsarin Mulki ta AU, jihohin Afirka ne kawai za su iya shiga Tarayyar Afrika. " Saboda haka, "Ba za a shigar da Haiti a matsayin memba na Tarayyar Africa ba".

Kodayake AU ta haɗa da wata jiha da ba a san ta ba, Jamhuriyar Demokradiyyar Larabawa ta Sahrawi, yiwuwar shigar da jihar Somaliland ta Afirka da ba a yarda da ita a cikin kungiyar ba ta da kyau. AU ta ci gaba da amincewa da amincin yankin Somaliya kuma tana goyon bayan da'awar Gwamnatin Tarayya ta Musamman cewa Somaliland yanki ne mai cin gashin kansa a kan ikirarin gwamnatin Somaliland na cikakken ikon mallaka. Duk da haka, Somaliland ta nemi zama memba na AU a shekara ta 2005, buƙatar da ba a amsa ba.

Bayan Sanarwar 'yancin kai ta Azawad daga Mali a shekarar 2012, AU ta fitar da wata sanarwa da ke kiran sanarwar "marar amfani kuma ba ta da wani amfani".

Sassan nahiyar Afirka ko tsibirai da ba a wakilce su ba sune yankuna da sauran ƙananan yankuna na Faransa (Mayotte, Réunion, da Tsibirin da aka rarraba a cikin Tekun Indiya), Italiya (Pantelleria da Tsibirin Pelagia), Portugal (Madeira Islands), Spain (Canary Islands, Ceuta, Melilla, da plazas de soberanía), United Kingdom (Saint Helena, Ascension da Tristan da Cunha, Chagos Archipelago), da Yemen (Socotra). Ceuta da Melilla na Spain sune yankuna kawai a nahiyar Afirka da ba a wakilta ta wata memba ta AU ba.

Firayim Ministan Isra'ila Benjamin Netanyahu ya nemi a shekarar 2017 ya shiga Tarayyar Afirka a matsayin mai kallo, tare da tayin da Ghana ta goyi bayan.

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