Ethnicity and Ethnic Conflicts in Africa

Abegunrin, Olayiwola

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“…The figure shows a decreasing rate of tensions that result from ethnic and intertribal conflicts in Africa. The evolution in the graph confirms what is documented in the works of Aapengnuo (2010) that the number of conflicts in Africa has decreased considerably over the years. According to Aapengnuo (2010), this decrease in ethnic tensions is not accompanied by a decrease in civil wars.…”

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“…The evolution in the graph confirms what is documented in the works of Aapengnuo (2010) that the number of conflicts in Africa has decreased considerably over the years. According to Aapengnuo (2010), this decrease in ethnic tensions is not accompanied by a decrease in civil wars. Although the rate of ethnic tensions started rising in 2017 after a sudden decrease between 2015 and 2016.…”

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confidence: 86%

“…Some notable examples of ethnic conflicts that occurred in Africa are the Rwandan genocide of 1994 where the Hutu ethnic majority located in the east of Rwanda murdered about 800,000 people, with the Tutsi minority being the group most affected (Aapengnuo, 2010). Darfur conflicts between the Arabs and the non‐Arabs in the Dafur region began in 2003 during which rebels launched an insurrection to protest against the Arab dominated Sudanese government.…”

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“…Darfur conflicts between the Arabs and the non‐Arabs in the Dafur region began in 2003 during which rebels launched an insurrection to protest against the Arab dominated Sudanese government. The Nigerian crises between the Yoruba and Hausa, the ethnic conflicts of 1966 that led to the Igbo massacre, the civil war in Ivory Coast, the ethnic conflicts in Kenya that disturbed the 2007 August elections and the Kikuyus and Luos rift in the 1960s to fight for independence to take over power from the one‐party stranglehold in 2002, Guinea Fowl crisis of 1994–1995 in which about 2000 Guineans were assassinated and lastly, the 1979 crisis during which more than 26 inter‐communal conflicts were recorded in Northern Ghana mostly encountered over land resources and power (Aapengnuo, 2010). Cultural diversity in Africa leaves the minority groups vulnerable to attacks by the majority tribes which affects their well‐being and thus cripples the possibility of sustained growth and higher life expectancy in the African economies.…”

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Cultural conflicts and wellbeing in Africa

Kouladoum,

Maiport,

Ndinga

2023

Sustainable Development

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Political instability and cultural conflicts in Africa have resulted in depression, loss of lives and destruction of properties, thus deteriorating the well‐being of the citizens. The objective of the study is to assess the effect of cultural conflicts on well‐being in 41 African countries from 2006 to 2017. This study adopted the Driscoll/Kraay estimator to address the concerns of cross‐sectional dependence. Cultural conflict is proxied by the ethnic tensions indicator while well‐being is captured by a subjective indicator of happiness measured as a life ladder indicator. The findings further reveal that well‐being is negatively affected by the interaction between religious conflicts and ethnic conflicts and interactions between internal conflicts and ethnic tensions. Robustness analysis is carried out by considering the factor of colonialism where the study sample is divided into two sub‐samples representing the former British and French colonies in Africa. The results reveal a negative effect of ethnic tensions on well‐being and also a negative role of religious tensions and internal conflicts on the modulating effect of ethnic tensions on well‐being in both former French and British colonies in Africa. The findings of the study recommend that policymakers should formulate policies that would improve intertribal relations, and ensure equality in public service and the management of state affairs to avoid intertribal conflicts which could help to improve the well‐being of all the citizens.

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confidence: 86%

Section: Methodssupporting

confidence: 86%

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confidence: 99%

Section: Introductionmentioning

confidence: 99%

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