EXAM: REGIONAL INTERGRATION IN AFRICA Flashcards
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The idea of the United States of Africa
PAN AFRICANISM
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NCBWA- NATIONAL COUNCIL OF BRITISH WEST AFRICA
RDA- Rassemblement Démocratique Africain
- One political party for French Africans
- Hoped that once France granted independence all French colonies would join
- After independence all the independent people wanted to be kings of their country PAFMECA - Pan-African Freedom Movement of East and Central Africa
- Created by a group of African leaders
- People like Kwame Nkrumah
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ORGANZATION OF AFRICAN UNITY/AFRICAN UNION (1963)
Origins:
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- Formed in 1963
- Headquarters: (ETHIOPIA) CAPITAL - ADDIS ABABA
- WHY DID THEY CHOOSE ETHIOPIA?
- BECAUSE IT WAS NEVER COLONIZED
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Objectives : Political and Diplomatic Economic Educational and Cultural Health and Nutrition Scientific and Technical Defense and Security
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- Having the same currency(money)
- Cultural exchange
- Health was a huge issue
- The border did not stop diseases
- Having enough food for everyone for a nutritional value
- People of Africa should come together to help one another if some are attacked
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PRINCIPLES:
Equality of member states Non-interference
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Internal Affairs - They believed in democracy Territorial Integrity - Respect each countries territory Peaceful Settlement of Disputes Any dispute had between African countries they should be resolved peacefully and not gone to war. Condemnation of Subversive activities Independence for all African states
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Non-alignement
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- In 1963 when the organization was founded they realized the impact of the Cold War and did not want to align themselves with the east or west of the world
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ACHIEVEMENTS AND FAILURES Why was there a problem with their African Union? Francophone/Anglophone rivalry Present times: Instability
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- Lack of effective leadership
- Lack of ambition for africa
- The new leaders were selfish and did not care about other countries
- Hardly any African present that speaks for all africans that people will listen to.
- Countries that were colonized by France
- The French tell them what to do at every united African meeting
- Younger generations of africans are saying NO to NEO-COLONIALISM
Non-payment of Membership dues - For any organization to operate they need money
- Some countries did not pay their dues
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One great idea or one big issue
- One place opposed that was non-african who was it? and why?
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- One leader of the organization devised a system that allowed each country to only pay 0.1% to the organization and it will fuel it
United States of America why? - They wanted control of Africa
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United Front against apartheid
Conflict Resolution Democratization Process
Encourage Regional integration
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- Organization were Able to resolve it
- The organization’s have also been involved in elections
- Once they say the elections have been free and fair the people will accept it.
All countries coming together
- It will be difficult for all countries to come together at the same time so they formed regional blocks
- You have to get a visa to go to another country within Africa , so they are trying to come to a solution by using these regional blocks
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AFRICAN PARLIAMENT
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- HEADQUARTERS: CAPE TOWN SOUTH AFRICA (in ETHIOPIA)
- WHAT IS UNIQUE ABOUT IT?
- Forces countries to be united
- The requirement of the Parliament is :
- Each country has to send 50% of the representatives must be women
- Which makes them show women representation within the parliament
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ECOWAS-
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Economic Community of West African States
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SADC-
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Southern African Development Conference
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EAC
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East African Cooperation
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ADB-
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African Development Bank
