The Comesa-SADC-EAC Tripartite Free Trade Area Agreement and Regional Integration in Africa: Achieving the African Economic Community Dream?December 22nd, 2017
FiledDecember 22nd, 2017Ever since decolonisation, Africa has always aspired for political and economic integration. The now defunct Organization of African Unity (OAU) charter underscores this dream in most succinct terms1. The story of an African Economic Community and an African government can therefore be traced as far back as to the formation of the OAU in 1963. In the year 2000, the OAU was transformed and rebranded into the African Union (AU)2 with one of its core objectives being