Ojifo-Raphael

VIOLENCE IN AFRICA AND THE NIGERIAN SITUATION. Avoidable bloody conflicts- and their likes are, in Africa, far from new, they are just as old as traditions are; but that does not mean these rustic trends cannot change for the better. The character of african conflicts, these days, is that they have never been this linked; they now have a common denominator. Nothing substantial links, say, the Nigerian Civil War with the Rwandan genocide, and with other Civil wars and conflicts that took place in Africa in the 60s, 70s, 80s and even the 90s. On the African continent, we are experiencing a Cold War between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which spilling over to Somalia, is causing acute suffering on both the most and less vulnerable (where Eritrea is supporting the jihadist group, al Shabaab, in its fight against the Ethiopian-backed government in Mogadishu); in  Sudan and South Sudan, insurgencies have been fuelled in each other’s kitchen, with both parties laying claims to objects and issu

VIOLENCE IN AFRICA AND THE NIGERIAN SITUATION. Avoidable bloody conflicts- and their likes are, in Africa, far from new, they are just as old as traditions are; but that does not mean these rustic trends cannot change for the better. The character of african conflicts, these days, is that they have never been this linked; they now have a common denominator. Nothing substantial links, say, the Nigerian Civil War with the Rwandan genocide, and with other Civil wars and conflicts that took place in Africa in the 60s, 70s, 80s and even the 90s. On the African continent, we are experiencing a Cold War between Ethiopia and Eritrea, which spilling over to Somalia, is causing acute suffering on both the most and less vulnerable (where Eritrea is supporting the jihadist group, al Shabaab, in its fight against the Ethiopian-backed government in Mogadishu); in Sudan and South Sudan, insurgencies have been fuelled in each other’s kitchen, with both parties laying claims to objects and issues whi