Regionalism in Africa at the Present Stage

... envisaged the suspension of a country's membership from the organization in case of an NCG. This approach was embraced by the African Union, which promulgated the African Charter on Democracy, Elections and Governance (ACDELG) on January 30, 2007. The Charter entered into force on February 15, 2012. Of the 55 AU member states, 46 signed the Charter and 34 ratified it, including Burkina Faso, Guinea and Mali. However, as subsequent events in these countries and in Africa at large have shown, the Charter ...