Regional integration in Africa : bridging the North -- Sub-Saharan divide

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Regional integration in Africa : bridging the North -- Sub-Saharan divide

edited by Hamdy A. Hassan

Africa Institute of South Africa, 2011

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Takāmul al-iqlīmī fi Ifrīqiyā : sadd al-fajwah bayna shamāl wa-janūb al-ṣaḥrāʼ

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Text in English and Arabic, bound back to back; title also in Arabic

Includes bibliographical references

Selections in English and Arabic

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Regional Integration in Africa Bridging the North-Sub-Saharan Divide came about as a research project conducted by the Africa Institute of South Africa and examines the North African countries' strategies of involvement in the African continent, and their integration initiatives. The book looks at major issues involving Egypt, Libya, Tunisia, Algeria, Morocco and Mauritania. These countries, in most cases, have been treated as separate from sub-Saharan Africa. However, the historical reality and economic and political interests indicate that the North African countries have been and still are closely connected with the rest of the African continent. Egypt, for example, was one of the leading countries in the African unity movement, and, together with Libya, has contributed to the restructuring of the African continental organisation and the establishment of the African Union. The book consists of two parts. The first part includes five chapters written in English, the second part of the book comprises six chapters written in Arabic.

Table of Contents

  • Contents - English section: Acknowledgments about the editor
  • About the contributors
  • Introduction
  • The myth and reality of the North Africa versus Sub-Saharan split in the Nile Basin
  • Mauritania: The unstable bridge between North and Sub-Saharan Africa?
  • Desertec: A testimony for deliberate divide of the African continent
  • North African studies in South Africa: A research and policy agenda
  • Afro-Arab cooperation and North Africa. Contents - Arabic section: Morocco's relationship with Sub-Saharan Africa in the free trade area
  • The Libyan role in Africa's integration
  • The Arab-Maghreb union: Between NEPAD and the Euro-Mediterranean partnership
  • Women empowerment in Tunisia: The particularity of the experience and its learning benefit for Africa
  • The new challenges of Migration in Africa: A study of North Africa as a buffer zone
  • Towards a critical review of the foundation of Afro-Arab relations (with special emphasis on the Libyan role).

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