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Natural Resource Exploitation as an Engine for Insurgency in Sub-Saharan Africa

Jun 2, 2026 | 15:08 GMT

The Geopolitics of Natural Resources
The Geopolitics of Natural Resources

(RANE)

Across sub-Saharan Africa, armed groups are bolstering their material capabilities and political influence by exploiting weak governance to advance varying levels of control over critical natural resources, and climate stress will intensify this trend in the coming years....

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