Fast track to the United States of Africa is just Gadaffi's utopian dream.(News)

Well, it doesn't look as though Washington will be having to contend with a rival USA very soon.

The idea for a United States of Africa - a united government for the continent - emanates mainly, and significantly, from Libya's eccentric Brother Leader Muammar Gadaffi.

The African Union (AU) has agreed in principle to a USA. But such a statement of intent is quite harmless- without concrete decisions about what powers the USA would wield relative to national states and sub-regional organisations, and when.

Various AU studies and roadmaps have suggested deadlines for the establishment of a USA ranging between 2015 and 2025, but without much content on …