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The G20 grouping of nations has agreed to grant permanent membership to the African Union, the move would give the African Union, a continental body of 55 member states, the same status as the EU, from its current designation of invited international organization.
Indian Prime Minister Narendra Modi wrote to the leaders of the G20 nations in June proposing the African Union be given full, permanent membership of the bloc at the upcoming summit in the Indian capital.