Over a quarter of the world's states are located in Africa where one can find a surprisingly large number of international organizations. Many of these organizations frequently change their names, membership, levels of activity, and sometimes even purpose. Providing readers with a tool to cut through the confusion, this work traces changes in the development and progression of these organizations. It also provides entries for the new organizations that have been chartered since 1995, including valuable updates to previously existing ones.Contains:o An insightful introductiono Up-to-date chronologyo A comprehensive acronym list in English and Frencho An extensive bibliographyo Reviews of events.