The African Union Agenda 2063 and the Imperative of Democratic Governance

Nwebo Osy Ezechukwunyere ()
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Nwebo Osy Ezechukwunyere: Faculty of Law, Imo State University, Owerri, Nigeria

The Law and Development Review, 2018, vol. 11, issue 2, 259-276

Abstract: After more than five decades of the establishment of the Organization of African Unity (OAU) now the African Union (AU), Africa remains at a cross road in her struggle to grapple with the daunting challenges of achieving its core objectives of promoting sustainable development (SD) and economic integration, despite various earlier development initiatives and treaties in that regard. In analyzing the problem, this paper adopts the concept of law as instrument of social change and argues that at the heart of Africa’s missed development opportunities in the past lies the fundamental problem of democratic governance deficit. Indeed, weak governance and its associated political instability, insecurity and lack of peace hinder development and socio-cultural harmony. The paper further argues that there is an ineluctable linkage between democratic governance and sustainability of development and therefore presents the adoption of democratic governance method as the only sustainable way of successfully addressing Africa’s development challenges. In the final analysis, the paper concludes that the achievement SD and integration of the African continent within the framework of agenda 2063 must be predicated on the prioritization and promotion of democratic governance as its necessary adjunct.

Keywords: agenda 2063; accountability; democratic governance; sustainable development (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2018
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DOI: 10.1515/ldr-2018-0019

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