Government

Use of a common currency

Superiority of the British Crown

British Leadership on all matters of diplomacy

Promotion of representative democracy

Sirte Summit

Lusaka Summit

Lome Summit

Lagos summit

equal opportunities of appointments to its highest office

permanent membership of the Security Council

greater access to all the organs of the United Nations

total eradication of poverty from the African continent

Commonwealth of Nations

Allied powers

United Nations

North Atlantic Treaty Organisation

Human resources

Geographical location

System of education and number of universities

International laws and conventions