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Africa’s Intrastate Conflicts: Relevance and Limitations of Diplomacy

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  06 May 2016

Kidane Mengisteab
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The African continent remains besieged by many conflicts. Since 1970, Africa has seen more than thirty wars which have resulted in more than half of all war-related deaths worldwide and have produced about 9.5 million refugees (The Observer, June 15, 2003). The conflicts have led to genocide in Rwanda and gross violations of human rights, including gruesome mutilations of large numbers of people, in Sierra Leone, Burundi, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, Angola, the Sudan, and Uganda. In addition to causing the collapse or near collapse of some states, these conflicts have produced severe economic dislocation and disruption in the provision of public services. Moreover, there are growing indications that they have directly or indirectly exacerbated the spread of HIV/AIDS and other infectious diseases.

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African Issues , Volume 32 , Vols 31/32 issue 1-2: Vols 31/32 issues 1-2 , Fall 2003 , pp. 25 - 39
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Copyright © African Studies Association 2004 

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