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The African Union: Successes and Failures

Tieku, Thomas Kwasi·2019·Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
DOI 10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.703
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Abstract The African Union (AU), an international organization comprising all 54 independent states in Africa and Western Sahara, was established in May 2001 to, among other things, promote regional integration, interstate solidarity, peace, good governance and to enhance the African voice in the global system. Pan-African organization is like the proverbial forest that has bad trees dotted around its many good trees. The AU has been very successful in addressing the needs of the African political class but it is yet to make a significant difference in the lives of many ordinary Africans. The importance of the pan-African organization to African political elite is such that they would have created it today if it did not already exist. The AU has socialized African leaders to accept liberal values as the foundation of international cooperation in Africa; enhanced the agency of African political class on the world stage; and established progressive and innovative rules and norms for the African continent. It has also created many useful decision-making structures that have contributed to the prevention, management, and resolution of conflicts in Africa. The AU has, however, been less successful in connecting its activities and programs to many ordinary Africans; providing common public goods and services valued by commoners in Africa; giving voice to the majority of young people in Africa; promoting intra-Africa trade, good governance, and financial independence of the African continent as well as struggled to address the expressed material needs and quotidian concerns of ordinary Africans.

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Authors
Tieku, T. K.
Affiliations
Kings University College (MY)
Corresponding author
Tieku, Thomas Kwasi
ORCID
Tieku, Thomas Kwasi
Venue
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics
Publisher
Oxford University PressNew York, NY
Published
2019-03-26
DOI
10.1093/acrefore/9780190228637.013.703
OpenAlex
W2941412437
Cited by
21
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20
Citations by year
2026: 2 · 2025: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2023: 7 · 2022: 3 · 2021: 2 · 2020: 2 · 2019: 2
Type
reference entry
Language
en
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closed
Locations
Oxford Research Encyclopedia of Politics (publishedVersion)
Topics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Global Political and Social Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Political Science and International Relations › Global Peace and Security Dynamics
  • Social Sciences › Sociology and Political Science › African Studies and Ethnography
Keywords
African Union, Pan-Africanism, regional integration, good governance, conflict prevention and resolution, intra-African trade, financial independence, public goods, youth participation, international cooperation

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