Pudenciana Temba (Daily News)--The 24th Plenary Assembly of the Southern Africa Development Community Parliamentary Forum (SADC-PF) ended on November 29, 2008 with a call on governments in the region to hasten the move to turn the forum into fully functioning parliament.
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Jason McLure (Newsweek)—Britain’s American colonies did it. Europe’s nations did it. Can Africa’s disparate countries form their own political union? Jean Ping, the 67-year-old chairman of the African Union Commission, believes they can, despite the troubled history of African unity.
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(PANA)--The 13th Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit of heads of state and government, earlier scheduled to be held in Victoria Falls, Zimbabwe next month, has been postponed till next year.
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(Afrique en ligne)--If African countries are to further integrate through trade and investment, monetary integration or cooperation is critical, but concerns over sovereignty hold back the desired real economic integration of the largely poor countries.
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Filed under: Continental Integration
Filed under: Continental Integration
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