If Africa is to ever make a transition from its current state of chaos, lawlessness and regression to civility, it must pool its sovereignty regarding three areas: politics; democracy and; governance. Unlike the EU which only pooled it's sovereignty regarding trade issues and the free movement of labour, Africa's need to pool it's sovereignty in these areas stems from the fact that the epicentre of it's problems is political and democratic delinquency, the rest are just symptoms. Unfortunately, the AU organ that establishes its priorities and drives the political integration of the continent (The Assembly), is filled with the very same tyrants against who pooling our sovereignty seeks to protect us. It is therefore obvious that they won't accede to a move that gives the AU legal standing to step-in politically or militarily to counter actions that go against democracy and good governance in individual AU members. The implication therefore is that... Africans, we are on our own.