A critical analysis of the ecological roots of conflict in the horn of Africa: a case study of the sudan (1983 - 2003)

Abstract

The study investigated the extent to which environmental or ecological factors. in terms of natural resources scarcity and environmental degradation been a source of conflict in the horn of Africa. The objective was to establish the relationship between natural resources and conflict and the impact of these in the horn of Africa. The research undertaken revealed that the conflicts in the horn of Africa are primarily over resources. What clearly emerges from the case study of the Sudan is that oil is not the only factor that fuels the civil war in the Sudan. It is indeed the most potent of all the causes that collectively precipitated the bloody conflict. Deforestation, land degradation and scarce supply of fresh water also stimulate the conflict.