African Official Gazettes Forum

African Gazettes

Bringing together the institutions that publish the continent’s official gazettes to harmonise publication practices, secure the legal memory of states and guarantee every citizen free access to the law.

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African Gazettes

The permanent network of African official gazettes.

Bringing together the institutions that publish the continent’s official gazettes to harmonise publication practices, secure the legal memory of states and guarantee every citizen free access to the law.

Join the network Official gazettes
Member institutions
7 Member institutions
Official gazettes online
2 Official gazettes online
States at the last forum
— States at the last forum
African Union member states
53 African Union member states

The official gazette, from paper to digital

Four steps to keep the law accessible to all

What member institutions share within the network, and what the forum moves forward at each edition.

  1. 01

    Preserve

    Century-old registers, sometimes the only copies: the legal memory of states, to be safeguarded before it fades away.

  2. 02

    Publish

    A law only exists once it is published in the official gazette: publication is what makes it binding on all.

  3. 03

    Digitise

    Digitising collections, structuring metadata and harmonising formats from one state to another.

  4. 04

    Disseminate

    Electronic official gazettes, freely accessible, searchable and open to reuse.

What we do

Four permanent work streams

The network works between forums: its members exchange methods, publish joint recommendations and support states that are digitising their official gazette.

Access to law

Making the law in force freely accessible in every country, without technical or financial barriers.

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Standardisation

Harmonising publication formats, metadata and citation rules so that texts are interoperable from one state to another.

Charters and recommendations

Legal memory

Digitising and preserving official archives: a state’s sovereignty also depends on control over its legal memory.

Work and reports

Cooperation

Sharing expertise and tools among member institutions, and supporting states committed to digitising their official gazette.

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The network

Member institutions

Each member is the public institution responsible for publishing its state’s official gazette. Membership is open to all African Union member states.

Map of the African Gazettes network member countries 7 member countries: Republic of Djibouti, Kingdom of Morocco, Federal Republic of Somalia, Republic of Madagascar, Republic of Sierra Leone, Islamic Republic of Mauritania, Republic of Namibia. The other African Union member states are invited to join the network. Zimbabwe — Invited AU member state Zambia — Invited AU member state Uganda — Invited AU member state Tunisia — Invited AU member state Togo — Invited AU member state Tanzania — Invited AU member state Eswatini — Invited AU member state South Sudan — Invited AU member state Sudan — Invited AU member state South Africa — Invited AU member state Seychelles — Invited AU member state Seychelles Senegal — Invited AU member state São Tomé & Príncipe — Invited AU member state São Tomé & Príncipe Rwanda — Invited AU member state Nigeria — Invited AU member state Niger — Invited AU member state Mozambique — Invited AU member state Mauritius — Invited AU member state Mauritius Mali — Invited AU member state Malawi — Invited AU member state Libya — Invited AU member state Liberia — Invited AU member state Lesotho — Invited AU member state Kenya — Invited AU member state Guinea-Bissau — Invited AU member state Guinea — Invited AU member state Ghana — Invited AU member state Gambia — Invited AU member state Gabon — Invited AU member state Ethiopia — Invited AU member state Eritrea — Invited AU member state Equatorial Guinea — Invited AU member state Egypt — Invited AU member state Côte d’Ivoire — Invited AU member state Congo - Kinshasa — Invited AU member state Congo - Brazzaville — Invited AU member state Comoros — Invited AU member state Comoros Chad — Invited AU member state Cape Verde — Invited AU member state Cape Verde Cameroon — Invited AU member state Burundi — Invited AU member state Burkina Faso — Invited AU member state Botswana — Invited AU member state Benin — Invited AU member state Angola — Invited AU member state Algeria — Invited AU member state Federal Republic of Somalia — Network member Republic of Sierra Leone — Network member Republic of Namibia — Network member Kingdom of Morocco — Network member Islamic Republic of Mauritania — Network member Republic of Madagascar — Network member Republic of Djibouti — Founding member
Founding member Network member Invited AU member state Host country of the 1st edition

  • Republic of Djibouti

    Founding member Journal Officiel (e-JO) ↗

  • Kingdom of Morocco

    Member Bulletin Officiel (SGG) ↗

  • Federal Republic of Somalia

    Member

    Official gazette being digitised

  • Republic of Madagascar

    Member

    Official gazette being digitised

  • Republic of Sierra Leone

    Member

    Official gazette being digitised

  • Islamic Republic of Mauritania

    Member

    Official gazette being digitised

  • Republic of Namibia

    Member

    Official gazette being digitised

Membership open to the 53 African Union member states

South Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Comoros
Congo - Brazzaville
Congo - Kinshasa
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Equatorial Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Morocco
Mauritius
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Uganda
Rwanda
São Tomé & Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
South Sudan
Tanzania
Chad
Togo
Tunisia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
South Africa
Algeria
Angola
Benin
Botswana
Burkina Faso
Burundi
Cameroon
Cape Verde
Comoros
Congo - Brazzaville
Congo - Kinshasa
Côte d’Ivoire
Djibouti
Egypt
Eritrea
Eswatini
Ethiopia
Gabon
Gambia
Ghana
Guinea
Guinea-Bissau
Equatorial Guinea
Kenya
Lesotho
Liberia
Libya
Madagascar
Malawi
Mali
Morocco
Mauritius
Mauritania
Mozambique
Namibia
Niger
Nigeria
Uganda
Rwanda
São Tomé & Príncipe
Senegal
Seychelles
Sierra Leone
Somalia
Sudan
South Sudan
Tanzania
Chad
Togo
Tunisia
Zambia
Zimbabwe
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How we work

Governance

An annual assembly, a secretariat that ensures continuity, and a host country that welcomes each edition.

The Forum

The assembly of member institutions. It meets once a year, adopts the strategic direction and welcomes new members.

The Secretariat

Ensures continuity between editions: coordination of work, relations with partners and management of the platform.

The host country

Hosts the annual edition and organises it, in liaison with the Secretariat.

The governing body

Membership

Does your institution publish an official gazette?

Join the network: access to joint work, participation in the annual forum, support for digitisation and listing of your official gazette on the platform. Membership is free for public institutions.

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National exhibition · National Library and Archives

The « Héritage » exhibition

From the Sultanate of Ifat to the Republic of Djibouti

Presented at the first edition of the forum, the exhibition traces the legal and heritage history of Djibouti: narratives, archives, iconography and testimonies, where memory meets digital technology.

Visit the exhibition Forum gallery
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Home page of the Héritage platform: « From the Sultanate of Ifat to the Republic of Djibouti »