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Peace and stability pre-requisite for African unity – President Akuffo Addo

President Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo-Addo has stated that Africa’s objective of an integrated Africa cannot be achieved without peace and stability on the continent.

He stressed that the continent’s efforts at integration would be gloom-ridden if African states continued to battle with the human security challenges which confronted their peoples, saying, “No country would want to integrate with another whose house is on fire.”

Addressing the opening of the 9th High-Level African Union Retreat on the Promotion of Peace, Security and Stability in Africa in Accra on Thursday, the President advised that Africa took lessons from the over six decades of European integration and adopt the step-by-step determination of that continent for integration which had been successful in bringing peace, prosperity and development to the majority of Europe.

He said that it was a widely acknowledged fact that the formation of the European Union (EU) had helped, since the end of World War II in 1945, prevent war amongst its members.

“This should motivate us in Africa, and hasten our efforts towards integration. If Europe, through the formation of the EU, was able to stop the vicious cycle of violence that had plagued them for centuries, leading them onto the path of advancement, wealth and prosperity for the majority of their peoples, Africa can no longer dither,” the President stressed.

President Akufo-Addo urged African leaders to “work together to unleash the energy and ingenuity of the African”‘ adding, “with a market of 1.2 billion people, soon to reach two billion, the sky will be the limit”.

The President also asked African leaders to recognise that the way forward in the integration process was to implement regional and continental decisions, such as the Continental Free Trade Area Agreement, which would be in everyone’s interest.

The two-day Accra meeting brings together representatives of regional economic communities and regional mechanisms for conflict prevention, management and resolution, to review the continental body’s existing instruments, partnership and practices and determine their suitability to manage current and future conflicts.

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