Countries having ratified or adhered to the Charter:<\/strong><\/p>\n\u2022 South Africa: July 9, 1996
\n\u2022 Algeria: March 1, 1987
\n\u2022 Angola: March 2, 1990
\n\u2022 Benin: January 20, 1986
\n\u2022 Botswana: July 17, 1986
\n\u2022 Burkina Faso: July 6, 1984
\n\u2022 Burundi: July 28, 1989
\n\u2022 Cameroon: June 20, 1989
\n\u2022 Cape Verde: June 2, 1987
\n\u2022 Comoros: June 1, 1986
\n\u2022 Central African Republic: April 26, 1986
\n\u2022 Republic of the Congo: December 9, 1982
\n\u2022 Ivory Coast: January 6, 1992
\n\u2022 Djibouti: November 11, 1991
\n\u2022 Egypt: March 20, 1984
\n\u2022 Eritrea: January 14, 1999
\n\u2022 Ethiopia: June 15, 1998
\n\u2022 Gabon: February 20, 1986
\n\u2022 Gambia: June 8, 1983
\n\u2022 Ghana: January 24, 1989
\n\u2022 Guinea: February 16, 1982
\n\u2022 Guinea-Bissau: December 4, 1985
\n\u2022 Equatorial Guinea: April 7, 1986
\n\u2022 Kenya: January 23, 1992
\n\u2022 Lesotho: February 10, 1992
\n\u2022 Liberia: August 4, 1982
\n\u2022 Libya (Libyan Arab Jamahiriya): July 19, 1986
\n\u2022 Madagascar: March 9, 1992
\n\u2022 Malawi: November 17, 1989
\n\u2022 Mali: December 21, 1981
\n\u2022 Mauritius: June 19, 1992
\n\u2022 Mauritania: June 14, 1986
\n\u2022 Mozambique: February 22, 1989
\n\u2022 Namibia: July 30, 1992
\n\u2022 Niger: July 15, 1986
\n\u2022 Nigeria: June 22, 1983
\n\u2022 Uganda: May 10, 1986
\n\u2022 Rwanda: July 15, 1983
\n\u2022 Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic: May 2, 1986
\n\u2022 Sao Tome and Principe: May 23, 1986
\n\u2022 Senegal: law no 82-04 of June 15, 1982
\n\u2022 Seychelles: April 13, 1992
\n\u2022 Sierra Leone: September 21, 1983
\n\u2022 Somalia: July 31, 1985
\n\u2022 Sudan: February 18, 1986
\n\u2022 South Sudan: October 23, 2013
\n\u2022 Tanzania: February 18, 1984
\n\u2022 Chad: October 9, 1986
\n\u2022 Togo: November 5, 1982
\n\u2022 Tunisia: March 16, 1983
\n\u2022 Zaire (Democratic Republic of the Congo): July 20, 1987
\n\u2022 Zambia: January 10, 1984
\n\u2022 Zimbabwe: May 30, 1986<\/p>\n
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