Is here hope for the Economic Community of Central African States?
http://www.iss.co.za/index.php?link_id=4057&slink_id=5080&link_type=12&slink_type=12&tmpl_id=3 Recent developments involving the Economic Community of Central African States (ECCAS) raise a critical question: are these the kicks of a dying horse, or is this particular horse regaining consciousness?ECCAS is composed of ten central African states: Angola, Burundi, Cameroon, Central African Republic (CAR), Chad, Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Republic of Congo, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, and Sao Tome and Principe. Rwanda, one of the founding member states, quit ECCAS in June 2007 in favour of the East African Community (EAC). Like Rwanda, Burundi also joined the EAC, leaving its attachment to ECCAS in doubt. The DRC, on the other hand, is embracing membership of both ECCAS and the Southern African Development Community (SADC). Withdrawals and divided loyalties pose a significant threat to the viability of ECCAS. ECCAS was created in 1983 when the Customs and Economic Union of Central
