Exposing the Factors Militating Against the African Union Led Regional Integration in Africa

Abstract: The world entered a new phase of international relations in 1945 as the World War II ended. This new phase brought with it the increasingly prominent feature of political, economic and even socio-cultural collaborations and globalization, which took the form of regional integration in many cases. This scenario became imperative due to the realization of the fact that regional economic integration and cooperation is a major framework for the development of the various regions of the world. Little wonder, this period experienced a surge of both international and regional organisations world over. Africa not wanting to be left out in this move; formed her premier organisation called the Organisation of African Unity (OAU) in 1963. When the OAU became unsuccessful in driving the process of African economic integration; it quickly metamorphose to African Union (AU) in 2002 in-line with emerging challenges of globalization and the unipolar world order that emerged at the end of the Cold War. This paper’s main focus is to expose and appraise the challenges faced by the AU led regional integration process in Africa, whether it has fared better than its predecessor. Expectedly, we have wholly concerned ourselves in this paper with identifying and discussing some of the factors militating against the smooth integration ride of Africa in details in order to expose all aspects of their complexities. All materials used are drawn basically from secondary sources and content analysed. Keywords: Factors; Militating; Africa; Regional Integration; Cooperation; Development. Title: Exposing the Factors Militating Against the African Union Led Regional Integration in Africa Author: MR. UYABARA, FELIX IZIRIN International Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online) Vol. 10, Issue 2, April 2022 - June 2022 Page No: 455-462 Research Publish Journals Website: www.researchpublish.com Published Date: 04-June-2022 DOI: https://doi.org/10.5281/zenodo.6613379 Paper Download Link (Source) https://www.researchpublish.com/papers/exposing-the-factors-militating-against-the-african-union-led-regional-integration-in-africaInternational Journal of Social Science and Humanities Research, ISSN 2348-3156 (Print), ISSN 2348-3164 (online), Research Publish Journals ( Publisher), Website: www.researchpublish.co