The African Union (AU) is a continental body consisting of 55-member states located on the African continent. The AU’s primary goal is to promote peace, security, and sustainable development across Africa, while ensuring the well-being and prosperity of its people. It is guided by its vision of “An Integrated, Prosperous and Peaceful Africa, driven by its own citizens and representing a dynamic force in the global arena.” And founded on the Constitutive Act of the African Union and theProtocol on Amendments to the Constitutive Act of the African Union.