Resource Conflict in the Horn of AfricaIn recent decades, the Horn of Africa has been engulfed in spiralling conflict, dire poverty, widespread famine and endemic disease. Massive damage has been inflicted on the region's economy, infrastructure, and natural resources. As repressive regimes were overthrown, the social fabric of venerable communities was torn. Explanations of the malaise that has afflicted this corner of Africa usually focus on the ethnic causes of many of the conflicts. Although ethnicity is often a factor, the substance of conflict is normally intense competition over scarce and diminishing resources, rather than a clash of cultures. This book addresses the substance of the problem, which is the widening gap between the resource base of a poorl |
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Regional Resources | 24 |
Country Resources | 49 |
Food Security | 82 |
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