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ARMED CONFLICT BANE OF AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT:
CAUSES AND PREVENTION
By
Colonel JJ OGUNLADE
NIGERIAN ARMY
INTRODUCTION
1. The end of the Cold War between the Union of Soviet
Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of
America (USA) was expected to usher in relative peace,
security and stability globally. The corresponding calm was
to facilitate meaningful economic and technological growth in
most nations of the world. Unfortunately, these expectations
have not been realised, as the world began to experience
new form of conflicts, more complex and devastating.
2. The 2 gulf wars (1991 and 2003), the Yugoslavian civil
war, the war in Kosovo, Afghanistan and the multiple ethnic
wars in Africa. These wars are among the conflicts which

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ended with massive destruction of lives and properties along
with gross violations of human right. Kornblum stresses that
the post Cold War proliferation of local conflicts have
strained the resources and credibility of governments and
international community almost to a breaking point.
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3. These conflicts have dampened the initial euphoria and
raised doubts about the present strategies for conflict
management and resolution. While there is increasing
rapprochement among actors in some regions, those in
Africa have taken perennial crises proportions. The situation
has became more critical with the breakout of inter and intra-
state conflicts that resulted in the death of millions and an
upsurge of refugees and displaced people. These conflicts
lacked appropriate management at global and regional
levels. They have resulted in the collapse of the Somalian
state, genocide in Rwanda and an unending circle of
violence in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC),
Burundi, Sudan and Angola to mention but a few.
4. Basically, conflict is seen as a state of opposition. It is
said to exist when individuals or groups express different
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 ARMED CONFLICT BANE OF AFRICA’S DEVELOPMENT: CAUSES AND PREVENTION By Colonel JJ OGUNLADE NIGERIAN ARMY INTRODUCTION 1. The end of the Cold War between the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR) and the United States of America (USA) was expected to usher in relative peace, security and stability globally. The corresponding calm was to facilitate meaningful economic and technological growth in most nations of the world. Unfortunately, these expectations have not been realised, as the world began to experience new form of conflicts, more complex and devastating. 2. The 2 gulf wars (1991 and 2003), the Yugoslavian civil war, the war in Kosovo, Afghanistan and the multiple ethnic wars in Africa. These wars are among the conflicts which ended with massive destruction of lives and properties along with gross violations of human right. Kornblum stresses that the post Cold War proliferation of local conflicts have strained the resources and credibility of governments and international community almost to a breaking point.1 3. These conflicts have dampened the initial euphoria and raised doubts about the present strategies for conflict management and resolution. While there is increasing rapprochement among actors in some regions, those in Africa have taken perennial crises proportions. The situation has became more critical with the breakout of inter and intra-state conflicts that resulted in the death of millions and an upsurge of refugees and displaced people. Th ...
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