African Economic Community

international organization
Di pilli ni	1991
Parent organization	African Union

African Economic Community ( AEC ) nyɛla African Union tiŋgbana laɣingu di bɔri soya din yan chɛ ka daabilgu laɣim tum niŋ tabata Africa tiŋgbana sunsuuni. Laɣingu ŋɔ niya nima shɛli n-nyɛ, daabiligu bayana niŋbu yaɣa, daabiligu laɣim tum laɣinsi, da yini, a Banki din zani n-ti tiŋgbani zaa, ni liɣiri din nyɛ zaɣi yini (lihimi African Monetary Union) daabiligu mini liɣiri laɣingu kpabu.

Daantalisi

Saha ŋɔ tiŋgbani yaɣa laɣinsi laɣinsi pam be Africa, din yuli lahi booni Regional Economic Communities (RECs), din pam mali la bɛ ni du m-ba shɛba. RECs nyɛla din yaa jɛndi daabiligu, saha shɛŋa, siyaasa tali yaɣ'shɛŋa mini linjima nima laɣim tum. RECs nima ŋɔ pam n-nam "daantalisi" n-ti AEC,di shɛŋa lahi nyɛla ban mali bɛ ni dumba shɛba bɛ tiŋgbana puuni. Lala dumba yaa ŋɔ zuɣu di ni tooi niŋ ka tiŋgbani shɛŋa yi ka chɛ RECs. Lala daantalisi ŋɔ gba lahi mali la laɣinbihi ni laɣim tum din kpɛma bee liɣiri laɣinsi din nyɛ bɛ dini:

Daantalisi ŋɔ mini di laɣinsi n-doli ŋɔ na:

Daantalisi	Laɣinsi
Community of Sahel-Saharan States (CEN-SAD)
Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)
East African Community (EAC)
Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS/CEEAC)	Economic and Monetary Community of Central Africa (CEMAC)
Economic Community of West African States (ECOWAS)	West African Economic and Monetary Union (UEMOA) West African Monetary Zone (WAMZ)
Intergovernmental Authority on Development (IGAD)
Southern African Development Community (SADC)	Southern African Customs Union (SACU)
Arab Maghreb Union (UMA)

Daantalisi ni bɛnibu

member states; year of joining

member states; year of joining; cooperation in the framework of the bloc stalled

candidate states; year of application

CEN-SAD
Founding states (1998): Tɛmplet:BFA Tɛmplet:CHA Tɛmplet:LBA Tɛmplet:MLI Tɛmplet:NIG Tɛmplet:SUD Joined later: 1999: Tɛmplet:CAF 1999: Tɛmplet:ERI 2000: Tɛmplet:DJI 2000: Tɛmplet:GAM 2000: Tɛmplet:SEN 2001: Tɛmplet:EGY 2001: Tɛmplet:MAR 2001: Nigeria 2001: Tɛmplet:SOM 2001: Tɛmplet:TUN 2002: Tɛmplet:BEN 2002: Tɛmplet:TOG 2004: Tɛmplet:CIV 2004: Tɛmplet:GNB 2004: Tɛmplet:LBR 2005: Tɛmplet:GHA 2005: Tɛmplet:SLE 2007: Tɛmplet:COM 2007: Tɛmplet:GIN 2008: Tɛmplet:KEN 2008: Tɛmplet:MRT 2008: Tɛmplet:STP

COMESA
Founding states (1994): Tɛmplet:BDI Tɛmplet:COM Tɛmplet:DRC Tɛmplet:DJI Tɛmplet:ERI Tɛmplet:ETH Tɛmplet:KEN Tɛmplet:MAD Tɛmplet:MWI Tɛmplet:MRI Tɛmplet:RWA Tɛmplet:SUD Tɛmplet:SWZ Tɛmplet:UGA Tɛmplet:ZAM Tɛmplet:ZIM Joined later: 1999: Tɛmplet:EGY 2001: Tɛmplet:SEY 2006: Tɛmplet:LBA 2018: Tɛmplet:TUN 2018: Tɛmplet:SOM
Former members: 1994-1997: Tɛmplet:LES 1994-1997: Tɛmplet:MOZ 1994-2000: Tɛmplet:TAN 1994-2004: Tɛmplet:NAM 1994-2007: Tɛmplet:AGO^[1]^[2]

EAC
Founding states (2001): Tɛmplet:KEN Tɛmplet:TAN Tɛmplet:UGA Joined later: 2007: Tɛmplet:BDI 2007: Tɛmplet:RWA 2016: Tɛmplet:SSD 2022: Tɛmplet:DRC

ECOWAS
Founding states (1975): Tɛmplet:BEN ^UEMOA-94 Tɛmplet:BFA ^UEMOA-94 Tɛmplet:CIV ^UEMOA-94 Tɛmplet:GAM ^WAMZ-00 Tɛmplet:GHA ^WAMZ-00 Tɛmplet:GUI ^WAMZ-00 Tɛmplet:GNB ^UEMOA-97 Tɛmplet:LBR ^WAMZ-10 Tɛmplet:MLI ^UEMOA-94 Tɛmplet:NIG ^UEMOA-94 Nigeria ^WAMZ-00 Tɛmplet:SEN ^UEMOA-94 Tɛmplet:SLE ^WAMZ-00 Tɛmplet:TOG ^UEMOA-94 Joined later: 1976: Tɛmplet:CPV
Former members: 1975-2002: Tɛmplet:MTN
UEMOA-94: UEMOA state from 1994 UEMOA-97: UEMOA state from 1997 WAMZ-00: WAMZ state from 2000 WAMZ-10: WAMZ state from 2010

ECCAS
Founding states (1985): Tɛmplet:BDI Tɛmplet:CMR ^CEMAC-99 Tɛmplet:CAF ^CEMAC-99 Tɛmplet:CHA ^CEMAC-99 Tɛmplet:Country data Congo ^CEMAC-99 DR Congo Tɛmplet:EQG ^CEMAC-99 Tɛmplet:GAB ^CEMAC-99 Tɛmplet:RWA ^{withdrawn 2007^[1]-2016^[3]} Tɛmplet:STP Joined later: 1999: Tɛmplet:AGO
CEMAC-99: CEMAC state from 1999

IGAD
Founding states (1986): Tɛmplet:DJI Tɛmplet:ETH Tɛmplet:KEN Tɛmplet:SOM Tɛmplet:SUD Tɛmplet:UGA Joined later: 1993: Tɛmplet:ERI 2011: Tɛmplet:SSD

UMA¹
Founding states (1989): Algeria Tɛmplet:LBA Tɛmplet:MTN Tɛmplet:MAR Tɛmplet:TUN

SADC
Founding states (1980): Tɛmplet:AGO Tɛmplet:BOT ^SACU-70 Tɛmplet:LES ^SACU-70 Tɛmplet:MWI Tɛmplet:MOZ Tɛmplet:SWZ ^SACU-70 Tɛmplet:TAN Tɛmplet:ZAM Tɛmplet:ZIM Joined later: 1990: Tɛmplet:NAM ^SACU-90 1990: Tɛmplet:RSA ^SACU-70 1995: Tɛmplet:MRI 1997: DR Congo 1997: Tɛmplet:SEY ^{withdrawn 2004-2007} 2005: Tɛmplet:MAD
SACU-70: SACU state from 1970 SACU-90: SACU state from 1990

¹ The UMA (Arab Maghreb Union) does not participate in the AEC so far, because of opposition by Morocco

Overlaps illustrated

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Euler diagram showing the relationships among various multinational African entities v • t • e

CEN-SAD

COMESA

EAC

ECCAS

ECOWAS

IGAD

SADC

UMA

Active REC pillars of the African Economic Community.

COMESA

EAC

ECCAS

ECOWAS

SADC

Daabiligu laɣinsi din pahi

GAFTA

CEPGL

COI

LGA

MRU

Africa tiŋgbani laɣinsi din pahi, ka bi pahiri "AEC framework" (bɛ pam tuhiri la AEC) n-nyɛ:

Greater Arab Free Trade Area (GAFTA) (laɣingu zaŋ ti Middle Eastern tiŋgbana, ni din ka Africa)
Economic Community of the Great Lakes Countries (CEPGL)
Indian Ocean Commission (COI)
Liptako-Gourma Authority (LGA)
Mano River Union (MRU)

Bɛ ni be shɛŋa ni n-doli ŋɔ na:

GAFTA ¹	CEPGL	COI	LGA	MRU
2005 membership: Tɛmplet:EGY Tɛmplet:LBY Tɛmplet:MAR Tɛmplet:SUD Tɛmplet:TUN Joined later: 2009: Algeria	1976 membership: Tɛmplet:BDI DR Congo Tɛmplet:RWA	1984 membership: Tɛmplet:COM Tɛmplet:MAD Tɛmplet:MRI Tɛmplet:SEY	1970 membership: Tɛmplet:BFA Tɛmplet:MLI Tɛmplet:NIG	1973 membership: Tɛmplet:LBR Tɛmplet:SLE Joined later: 1980: Tɛmplet:GUI 2008: Ivory Coast

¹ Only African GAFTA members are listed.
GAFTA and MRU are the only blocs not currently stalled.

Niya nima

AEC daa pili Abuja Treaty, ka kpe gbana ni yuuni 1991ka pili tuma yuuni 1994 ni mali la niya ni di kpa ʒia buyɔbu zuɣu:

(naai la yuuni 1999) Bɛ yan kpa la dabiligu laɣinsi tiŋgbani yaɣ'shɛŋa din na kani
(naai la yuuni 2007) Di yan kpaŋsi la "intra-REC integration and inter-REC harmonisation"
(naai la yuuni 2021) Di yan niŋ la daabiligu bayana mini farigu deebu laɣinsi tiŋgbani kam ni
(naai la yuuni in 2023) Di yan kpala tiŋgbani zaa farigu deebu laɣinsi (ni daabiligu bayana yaɣa)
(di yan tuɣila yuuni 2025) Ka zali daa din nyɛ zaɣ'yini n-ti African Common Market (ACM)
(di yan tuɣila yuuni 2028) Ka lahi kpa daabiligu mini liɣiri laɣingu (dini n-nyɛ "currency union") mini jintɔri duu

Lɛbigi naai saha: 2034 di yi kuli bi yuui

Tuma lɛbigibu

as of September 2007

Yaɣili 1: di naai ya, Ban be Arab Maghreb Union minid Sahrawi Republic ko n ka din ni. Somalia nima beni,amaa bɛ na bi mali tumdi tuma.
Yaɣili 2: Di na tam la kanli zuɣu, nothing factual to check.
Yaɣili 3:

	Regional blocs - pillars of the African Economic Community (AEC)
Activity	CEN-SAD	COMESA	EAC	ECCAS		ECOWAS			IGAD	SADC		UMA
Activity	CEN-SAD	COMESA	EAC	CEMAC	Common	UEMOA	WAMZ	Common	IGAD	SACU	Common	UMA
Free Trade Area	stalled	progressing ¹	fully in force	fully in force	proposed for 2007 ?	fully in force		proposed	stalled	fully in force	progressing ²	stalled
Customs Union	stalled	proposed for 2008	fully in force	fully in force	proposed for 2011 ?	fully in force		proposed for 2007	stalled	fully in force	proposed for 2010	stalled

¹ Members not yet participating: DR Congo (in talks to join), Eritrea, Ethiopia, Seychelles (in talks to join), Swaziland (on derogation until SACU gives permission for Swaziland to join the FTA), Uganda (to join very soon)[1]
² Members not yet participating: Angola, DR Congo, Seychelles [2]

Yaɣili 4: Silimiin goli March 2018, Africa tiŋgbana 49 n daa saɣi deei African Continental Free Trade Agreement ni bɛ nee soli n-ti tiŋgbani zaa free trade area. "Continental free trade area" daa pili la tuma silimiin goli July 2019, saɣiti 22 nyaaŋa.^[4]^[5] Zaŋ chaŋ 2021, 34 n daa saɣi dee laɣingu ŋɔ.
Yaɣili 5: di na bi pili
Yaɣili 6: di na bi pil

Di zaa ni chani shɛm

		Activities
Regional bloc		Free Trade Area	Economic and monetary union			Free Travel		Political pact	Defence pact
Regional bloc		Free Trade Area	Customs Union	Single Market	Currency Union	Visa-free	Border-less	Political pact	Defence pact
AEC		Partially In Force	proposed for 2023	proposed for 2023	proposed for 2028	proposed for 2023	proposed for 2023	proposed for 2028	proposed for 2028
CEN-SAD		proposed for 2010
COMESA		in force ¹	proposed for 2008	?	proposed for 2018
EAC		in force	in force	proposed for 2015	proposed for 2024	proposed for 2018^[6]	?	proposed for 2023
ECCAS	CEMAC	in force	in force	?	in force
ECCAS	Common	proposed for 2007 ?	proposed for 2011 ?	proposed	proposed	proposed	?		in force
ECOWAS	UEMOA	in force	in force	proposed^[7]	in force
	WAMZ			?	proposed for 2012
	Common	proposed ²	proposed for 2007	proposed^[8]	proposed	in force ¹	proposed	proposed	in force
IGAD
SADC	SACU	in force	in force		de facto in force ¹	?
SADC	Common^{[3]^{[permanent dead link]}}	proposed for 2008 ³	proposed for 2010	proposed for 2015	proposed for 2016
UMA

¹ not all members participating yet
² telecommunications, transport and energy - proposed
³ sensitive goods to be covered from 2012

African Economic Community
Pillar regional blocs (REC)	Area (km²)	Population	GDP (PPP) ($US)		Member states
Pillar regional blocs (REC)	Area (km²)	Population	(millions)	(per capita)	Member states
EAC	4,810,363	312,362,653	833,622	3,286	7
ECOWAS/CEDEAO	5,112,903	349,154,000	1,322,452	3,788	15
IGAD	5,233,604	294,197,387	225,049	1,197	7
AMU/UMA ^a	6,046,441	106,919,526	1,299,173	12,628	5
ECCAS/CEEAC	6,667,421	218,261,591	175,928	1,451	11
SADC	9,882,959	394,845,175	737,392	3,152	15
COMESA	12,873,957	406,102,471	735,599	1,811	20
CEN-SAD ^a	14,680,111				29
Total AEC	29,910,442	853,520,010	2,053,706	2,406	54
Other regional blocs	Area (km²)	Population	GDP (PPP) ($US)		Member states
Other regional blocs	Area (km²)	Population	(millions)	(per capita)	Member states
WAMZ ¹	1,602,991	264,456,910	1,551,516	5,867	6
SACU ¹	2,693,418	51,055,878	541,433	10,605	5
CEMAC ²	3,020,142	34,970,529	85,136	2,435	6
UEMOA ¹	3,505,375	80,865,222	101,640	1,257	8
UMA ² ^a	5,782,140	84,185,073	491,276	5,836	5
GAFTA ³ ^a	5,876,960	1,662,596	6,355	3,822	5
During 2004. Sources: The World Factbook 2005, IMF WEO Database. Smallest value among the blocs compared. Largest value among the blocs compared. ¹: Economic bloc inside a pillar REC. ²: Proposed for pillar REC, but objecting participation. ³: Non-African members of GAFTA are excluded from figures. ^a: The area 446,550 km² used for Morocco excludes all disputed territories, while 710,850 km² would include the Moroccan-claimed and partially-controlled parts of Western Sahara (claimed as the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic by the Polisario Front). Morocco also claims Ceuta and Melilla, making up about 22.8 km² (8.8 sq mi) more claimed territory. This box: view talk edit

African Free Trade Zone

African Free Trade Zone (AFTZ) nyɛla din da yi polo Alaaba dali October 22, 2008, Southern African Development Community (SADC) kpamba n daa moli li, "Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA)" n-ti pahi East African Community (EAC).

Silimiin goli May 2012 lala tɛha ŋɔ daa y`eligiya paai ECOWAS, ECCAS n-ti pahi AMU.^[9]

Lihimi m-pahi

Kundivihira

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 SADC, COMESA and the EAC: Conflicting regional and trade agendas. Institute for Global Dialogue (October 2008).
↑ African integration is great but has its hurdles. New Vision (26 May 2010).
↑ Rwanda back to Central Africa bloc, 10 years on (2010-08-20).
↑ Africa free trade agreement gets last ratification from Gambia (2 April 2019).
↑ AfCFTA Agreement secures minimum threshold of 22 ratification as Sierra Leone and the Saharawi Republic deposit instruments (29 April 2019).
↑ East Africa e-passports to be issued in 2018 (2017-04-17).
↑ WT/COMTD/N/11 Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine
↑ WT/COMTD/N/21 Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine
↑ Africa free trade zone in operation by 2018

Lahabaya ni yina shɛli

[GlobalDialogue-1] 1.0 ^1.1 SADC, COMESA and the EAC: Conflicting regional and trade agendas. Institute for Global Dialogue (October 2008).

[NewVision-2] African integration is great but has its hurdles. New Vision (26 May 2010).

[TheEastAfrican2-3] Rwanda back to Central Africa bloc, 10 years on (2010-08-20).

[AfricanBusiness-4] Africa free trade agreement gets last ratification from Gambia (2 April 2019).

[AUInt-5] AfCFTA Agreement secures minimum threshold of 22 ratification as Sierra Leone and the Saharawi Republic deposit instruments (29 April 2019).

[TheEastAfrican-6] East Africa e-passports to be issued in 2018 (2017-04-17).

[7] WT/COMTD/N/11 Archived 2009-03-25 at the Wayback Machine

[8] WT/COMTD/N/21 Archived 2009-03-27 at the Wayback Machine

[9] Africa free trade zone in operation by 2018

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