International+Relations

**INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS**
Since the Europeans gave up on imperialism and colinizing Africa, the tribes and factions have struggled to sustain a structural government and have fought each other in civil wars. This is thought to be because the Europeans caused tribes to fight against each other so they could receive slaves. That disagreement has carried out through today.

Many regions of Africa have been involved in war and conflict in recent years. Some of these include the civil war in Congo, the Sierra Leone crisis, and the war in Ethiopia with Eritrea.

There is currently a civil war going on in Angola where 500,000 people have been killed and 3 million refugees have been displaced. Different factions have been fighting over the valuable resources in the area.

Sierra Leone have been in an internal conflict since 1991 with 50,000 people being killed and 1 million people becoming refugees. The rebel forces and the corrupt government have accused each other of mis-managing the valuable resources such as diamonds.

The root causes of these conflicts have been political corruption, a lack of respect for the law, and human rights violations by the citizens and independent governments.

Another contribution to the conflicts throughout Africa is the fact that the borders were created artificially by the Europeans before they left. These borders weren't made with tribal relations in mind. So the tribes fight over land and borders as well as resources.



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Brandon S. Kyle L.