The Place of Mineral Resource Conflicts in Critical Security Analysis in Africa

Abstract

The main thesis here is to take a cursory survey of how mineral resources in Africa have continuously been a source of conflictconflict, with particular reference to countries like Nigeria with in the era of crude oil discovery the abundant natural resourcesnatural resources in the Gulf of GuineaGulf of Guinea and the plethora of mineral resources in South Africa which resulted in the economics of apartheid: European wealth and African povertypoverty. As earlier stated, the chapter will discuss energy securitysecurity and human insecurity as high point of critical securitysecurity analysis.