What is the most obvious european legacy at the root of many armed conflicts in sub-saharan africa?2/12/2024 ![]() ![]() ![]() In her ‘state of the world’ assessment in June 2015, EU High Representative Federica Mogherini discusses challenges and opportunities for Europe. The European Union (EU) has a considerable interest in a stable Africa, and also seems willing to assume a special responsibility for the continent. Demographic trends – Africa has the world’s fastest-growing population – and the lack of any prospect of economic progress in some African countries, suggest that the pressure of migration towards Europe will persist. European economic interests are also affected by disruption to the availability of natural resources and raw materials, and trading relations are threatened. Europe’s external and internal security are thus interrelated. Rapidly increasing migration via the Mediterranean Sea, extremism and terrorism, as well as cross-border crime, all have implications for security in Europe, but are spill-over effects of instability outside Europe. Instability and conflict in Africa create a range of security problems for Europe. Tensions also remain elsewhere on the African continent (in the Great Lakes states, for example), often related to past conflicts. The zone of instability has spread to the Sahel and sub-Saharan Africa. However the specific geographical reference to North Africa is no longer applicable. The Clingendael Monitor 2015 points to continuing destabilisation in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA). ![]()
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