Participation
The APRM is a voluntary mechanism open to any AU country . A country formally joins the APRM upon depositing the signed Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) of March 9, 2003 at the NEPAD Secretariat.
As of early-2012, 33 countries had formally joined the APRM by signing the MOU on the APRM. Algeria, Republic of Congo, Ethiopia, Ghana, Kenya, Mozambique, Nigeria, Rwanda, South Africa and Uganda signed the MOU in March 2003; Burkina Faso, Cameroon, Gabon, Mali and Senegal in April and May 2003; Mauritius in July 2003; Egypt and Benin in March 2004; Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Sierra Leone and Tanzania, in July 2004; Sudan and Zambia in January 2006; São Tomé and Príncipe in January 2007; Djibouti in July 2007, Mauritania in January 2008, Togo in July 2008; Cape Verde in 2009; Liberia in January 2011; and Equatorial Guinea in July 2011.In January 2012,Professor Mohamed-Séghir Babès, the outgoing Chairman of the Panel of Eminent Persons announced the expected accession of Niger and Guinea which brings the total number of states to 33.
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