| 1. OAU membership is only within the African continent. |
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| 2. The headquarters of OAU were at Durban in South Africa. |
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| 3. OAU has a security council. |
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| 4. The OAU's secretary general is appointed for renewal four year term. |
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| 5. OAU use African Development Bank(ADB) is based at Abidjan Ivory Coast. |
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| 6. OAU's operations have been taken over by a new organization called AU. |
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