The individual member states of the African Union (AU) coordinate foreign policy through this agency, in addition to conducting their own international relations on a state-by-state basis. The AU represents the interests of African peoples at large in intergovernmental organizations (IGO's); for instance, it is a permanent observer at the United Nations' General Assembly.
The Guinean forests of West Africa is a biodiversity hotspot designated by Conservation International, which includes the belt of tropical moist broadleaf forests along the coast of West Africa, running from Sierra Leone and Guinea in the west to the Sanaga River of Cameroon in the east. The Dahomey Gap, a region of savanna and dry forest in Togo and Benin, divides the Guinean forests into the Upper Guinean forests and Lower Guinean forests.
The square-tailed saw-wing, also known as the square-tailed rough-winged swallow is a species of bird in the family Hirundinidae. It is found in Angola, Cameroon, Central African Republic, Republic of the Congo, Democratic Republic of the Congo, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, and Sierra Leone.
Fraser's musk shrew is a species of mammal in the family Soricidae. It is found in Benin, Cameroon, Ivory Coast, Equatorial Guinea, Ghana, Guinea, Liberia, Nigeria, São Tomé and Príncipe, Sierra Leone, and Togo. Its natural habitat is subtropical or tropical moist lowland forests. This large black shrew was first described by the British zoologist Louis Fraser in 1843. Its exact definition is unclear; the karyotype comes from Ivory Coast but not from Equatorial Guinea, which is given as the type locality.
Hunteria is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae first described as a genus in 1824. It is native to Africa and to South and Southeast Asia.
- Hunteria ballayiHua - Central African Republic, Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
- Hunteria camerunensisK.Schum. ex Hallier f. - Republic of Congo, Cameroon, Gabon
- Hunteria congolanaPichon - Republic of Congo, Zaïre, Kenya
- Hunteria densifloraPichon - Zaïre
- Hunteria ghanensisJ.B.Hall & Leeuwenb. - Ivory Coast, Ghana
- Hunteria hexaloba(Pichon) Omino - Gabon
- Hunteria macrosiphonOmino - Republic of Congo, Gabon
- Hunteria myrianthaOmino - Zaïre
- Hunteria oxyanthaOmino - Republic of Congo, Zaïre, Gabon
- Hunteria simii(Stapf) H.Huber - Guinea, Ivory Coast, Liberia, Sierra Leone
- Hunteria umbellata(K.Schum) Hallier f. - W + C Africa from Senegal to Zaïre
- Hunteria zeylanica(Retz.) Gardner ex Thwaites - Somalia, Kenya, Tanzania, Mozambique, S China, India, Sri Lanka, Andaman & Nicobar Islands, Indochina, W Malaysia, Sumatra
Pleioceras is a genus of plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1888. It is native to tropical Africa.
Perotis is a genus of Asian, African, and Australian plants in the grass family.
Eriochrysis is a genus of African and Neotropical plants in the grass family.
Coelorachis is a genus of plants in the grass family, widespread across much of Asia, Africa, Australia and the Americas.
Schizachyrium is a widespread genus of plants in the grass family. The name is derived from the Ancient Greek words σχίζειν, meaning "to split," and ἄχυρον, meaning "chaff." It refers to either the glume or the toothed lemmas.
Elymandra is a genus of African and South American plants in the grass family. Most known species are native to Africa; one is found in Brazil.
Guaduella is a genus of African plants in the grass family, the only genus in the tribe Guaduelleae. It belongs to the subfamily Puelioideae, one of the early-diverging lineages in the grasses, but used to be included in the bamboos.
- Guaduella densifloraPilg. - Nigeria, Cabinda, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, Equatorial Guinea
- Guaduella dichroaCope - Cabinda
- Guaduella humilisClayton - Nigeria, Cameroon
- Guaduella macrostachys(K.Schum.) Pilg. - Ghana, Nigeria, Cameroon, Gabon
- Guaduella marantifoliaFranch. - Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon
- Guaduella oblongaHutch. ex Clayton - Guinea, Sierra Leone, Ivory Coast, Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Gabon, São Tomé, Bioko
Monocymbium is a genus of African plants in the grass family.
Rhytachne is a genus of plants in the grass family. They grow principally in wet savannahs in Africa and the Americas. More specifically, they tend to prefer transitional zones between marshes and drier upland savannahs. In the Americas the genus can be found from southern Mexico and Cuba south to northern Argentina, while in Africa it is present in Sub-Saharan Africa, including in Madagascar. Twelve species are included, of which nine are African, two are American, and one, Rhytachne subgibbosa, is found on both continents. The genus is closely related to Coelorachis.
Ancistrorhynchus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family Orchidaceae. It contains 16 species native to tropical Africa.
Plectrelminthus is a genus of flowering plants from the orchid family, Orchidaceae. Only one species is currently accepted, Plectrelminthus caudatus, though two varieties are recognized :
Craterispermum is a genus of flowering plants in the family Rubiaceae. It contains 16 species that occur in tropical Africa and Seychelles. It is the only genus in the tribe Craterispermeae, of which the divergence time is estimated at 34.8 million years ago.
Callichilia is a genus of plant in the family Apocynaceae, native to tropical Africa.
Englerophytum is a group of trees in the family Sapotaceae described as a genus in 1914.
Vahadenia is a genus of flowering plants in the family Apocynaceae, first described as a genus in 1902. It is native to tropical Africa.
