ASSESSING NATURAL RESOURCE ENDOWMENT AND CONFLICTS IN AFRICA
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This article evaluates the impact of natural resource on conflicts on Africa and subsequent effect on security in Africa. This study is qualitative and based on secondary data that were analysed textually. Hinged on the greed and grievance, resource curse and political ecology theories, the study explains that the mismanagement of resources, greed and grievance have had endless negative implications on national security, national growth and development. The issues that have come to the fore in resource management in some selected African countries include resentful intergroup relations, militancy, leadership incompetence, corruption and war lordism. The article recommends that effective resource management strategies in Africa are key in curbing the plaguing conflicts resulting from resource ownership on the continent of Africa.
Keywords: Natural Resources, Conflict, Africa, Resource Curse, Governance, Laws and Norms
CITATION: Gacinya, J. (2024). Assessing natural resource endowment and conflicts in Africa. The Strategic Journal of Business & Change Management, 11 (2), 1416 – 1436.
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