Cooperation without Integration in Africa: Why it is Still Difficult to Achieve Full Political Integration

Williams A. Ahmed-Gamgum [PhD]
Additional contact information
Williams A. Ahmed-Gamgum [PhD]: Consultancy Services Unit, Taraba State Polytechnic Suntai, Jalingo Campus, P.O. Box 834, Jalingo Post Code: 660262

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation, 2021, vol. 8, issue 8, 55-63

Abstract: To some people with the establishment of African Union (AU) as an institution for cooperation and integration, there is cooperation and integration in Africa. This paper set out to examine whether there is full cooperation and integration in Africa. Data was collected from relevant secondary sources like books, and journal articles. Following a cursory examination of the concepts of cooperation and integration in relation to the deep rooted interest of leaders, and politics of domination among States, this paper found and concludes that while there is cooperation, and surface integration in some sectors there is yet to be full political integration. The major difficulty towards achieving full political integration is the deep rooted personal interest of leaders and desire of AU Charter to defend sovereign status of countries. And the paper recommends that leaders and countries should in practice show greater commitment to implementing and achieving the aims and objectives of African Union than pursuing full political integration amidst deep rooted personal interest of African leaders and individual Countries and sub-regional organizations.

Date: 2021
References: View complete reference list from CitEc
Citations:

Downloads: (external link)
https://www.rsisinternational.org/journals/ijrsi/d ... -8-issue-8/55-63.pdf (application/pdf)
https://www.rsisinternational.org/virtual-library/ ... litical-integration/

Related works:
This item may be available elsewhere in EconPapers: Search for items with the same title.

Export reference: BibTeX RIS (EndNote, ProCite, RefMan) HTML/Text

Persistent link: https://EconPapers.repec.org/RePEc:bjc:journl:v:8:y:2022:i:8:p:55-63

Access Statistics for this article

International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation is currently edited by Dr. Renu Malsaria

More articles in International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation from International Journal of Research and Scientific Innovation (IJRSI)
Bibliographic data for series maintained by Dr. Renu Malsaria ().