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ONE WORLD GOVERNMENT:Unity Eludes Africa

Nairobi, Kenya-When the African Union website opens, a welcome message declares that "Africa must unite." But while such sentiment may be growing, an initiative to move the continent towards a formal union has failed.African leaders meeting for the 9th A.U. Summit in Accra, Ghana, this month considered as a key agenda item a report commissioned by the bloc that recommended steps culminating in a single African government by 2012. But most African leaders rejected the hugely ambitious plan, at least for the time being, saying regional blocs should be strengthened first.The decision stemmed from many factors, from individual governments' failure to discuss the issue with their citizens, to concerns by some about the agenda of the main proponent of the idea, Libyan leader Muammar Gadaffi. Gadaffi provided most of the funding for the Accra meeting.The idea of a unified Africa was first floated more than five decades ago by Ghana's first president, Kwame Nkrumah, but the proposal did not gain widespread support among the continent's leaders.Many Africans today regard the idea as impractical because of the diversity of cultures and differing levels of support for democracy."How would we gain from such an alliance?" asked Rosemary Katana, 35, a banker in the Kenyan capital, Nairobi. "Our resources should be directed to what can change the living standards of the continent faster," she said. "Then we can think of the grand plans when people are not dying from hunger."On the streets and in the media, others agreed that the idea should not be rushed. "At least for once, reason prevailed and [African] leaders thought before they made this commitment," one editorial said.Leaders like Ugandan President Yoweri Museveni say the A.U. is an adequate political and economic vehicle for Africa, but that it needs to become more focused. Museveni said in Accra that the bloc needed to stop "being everywhere and nowhere. Focus is the key issue. It needs to act and stop too much talk."The Ugandan leader said the A.U. should prioritize stepping up regional trade and strengthening regional structures.That will eventually lead to integration, he argued.Some political analysts believe integration would enable African nations to pool their resources and so help to improve overall living standards, among the lowest in the world.
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