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Africa’s natural resources and geopolitical realities

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  • Abdelhak Bassou

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For its 6th edition, the Tana High-Level Forum on Security in Africa, held in Bahir Dar on Lake Tana in Ethiopia from April 22 to 23, 2017, focused on the theme of Natural Resource Governance in Africa. One of the forum session’s key discussion points sought to "understand and explain why the exploitation of these resources is increasingly a source of tension and violence, which have dramatic repercussions on the continent’s peace and stability." During the various events throughout the course of the forum, it was necessary to keep in mind that the abundant and available African resources have not enabled the continent to truly develop, and that these resources are a serious source of crises and tension. With this perspective, this paper examines Africa's natural resources in terms of African geopolitical realities and the cause and effect relationships that resources and geopolitical facts can foster within the continent.

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  • Abdelhak Bassou, 2017. "Africa’s natural resources and geopolitical realities," Policy briefs on Commodities & Energy 1706, Policy Center for the New South.
    • Handle: RePEc:ocp:pbcoen:pb1719
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