![]() Given the number of conflicts in sub-Saharan Africa, it is not surprising that they cumulatively have claimed at least 7 to 8 million lives. ![]() The influx of light weapons financed by cash, diamonds, or other commodities did not cause Africa’s wars but it has prolonged them and made them more lethal. In mid-2001, latent or open hostilities affected Angola, Burundi, Chad, Cote d’Ivoire, Democratic Republic of Congo (DROC), Djibouti, Eritrea-Ethiopia, Guinea, Guinea-Bissau, Kenya, Liberia, Nigeria-Cameroon, Republic of Congo, Rwanda, Senegal, Sierra Leone, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania-Zanzibar, Uganda, and Zimbabwe. Africa continues to have the greatest number of armed conflicts of any continent. ![]() You are in: Bureaus/Offices Reporting Directly to the Secretary > Bureau of Intelligence and Research > Intelligence and Research - Releases > Intelligence and Research - Fact Sheets > Intelligence and Research, Fact Sheets - 2001 Fact SheetĪrms transfers and trafficking remain one of sub-Saharan Africa’s major security problems.
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