The African Union and the Fight against Corruption : The Challenges of a Continental Development Architecture

Abstract

The book unveils the fight against corruption in Africa. It argues that Africa has crafted several impressive Development Plans; unfortunately, most of them failed due to corruption. To overcome this challenge, Africa has launched a continental fight against corruption in 2018. This publication therefore narrates how the African Union re-traced its transformative steps and developed a 50 years development Agenda 2063. It also captured how the AU adopted two fundamental decisions and declared 2018 the Africa year of anti-corruption and 11th July of every year as Africa Anti-Corruption Day. It explain the African Anti-Corruption Architecture, the roles and activities of African government(s) at national, regional and continental levels and how many African states continue to romanticize corruption in the name of anti-corruption. It highlights the accomplishment and the challenges of anti-corruption in Africa and argues that a design of anti-corruption architecture is fundamental but...