Current Conflict in Africa

Every country in Africa has been involved in some sort of conflict and nearly every country in Africa has had a civil war. In North Africa there are quite a few conflicts going on. Libya is looking like it’s going to re-enter a civil war with rebels controlling major oil ports along the coast in the east of the country. In Egypt there are protests led by the Muslim Brotherhood over a coup during the summer that led to the arrest of the elected president. In South Sudan there is currently a civil war the two main tribal groups are the Nuer and the Dinka. South Sudan is the world’s youngest country having just broken off from Sudan. In Somalia there are major problems with Islamist terrorists as well as pirates and other groups. The Somalian government is not able to enforce law over much of the country and Al-Qaeda related groups use Somalia as a base to launch attacks into neighbouring countries such as Kenya with the Westgate shopping centre attack by al-Shabaab. Nigeria is currently going through an insurgency led by Boko Haram, an Islamist group whose means western education is sinful. They often attack schools and massacre anyone inside. Mali has just overcome a rebellion in the north of the country with the help of France. The Central African Republic is a mess with Christian and Muslim militias forming to attack each other which all started when Muslim rebels seized the capital and installed the countries first Muslim president. Nearly every conflict in Africa is fought over natural resources or has something to do with race. An example of a war fought of natural resources is the Sierra Leon civil war which was fought over the control of the diamond fields. An example of a conflict over race would be the Rwandan civil war/genocide.