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Mitigating ethnic conflict in Africa

Reframing ethnic conflicts as political competitions for power and resources should shift how we think about mitigation strategies.

Rather than accepting identity conflict as an inevitable feature of Africa’s highly diverse ethnic landscape, a number of preventative policy interventions can be pursued.

This piece shall attempt to analyse key areas that can go a long way in mitigating ethnic conflict in Africa.

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