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Introducing Resource Conflicts and Governance in Africa

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The link between natural resources and conflict has raised numerous questions in extractive industries, especially in developing countries in the post-cold war (Ruben in Will De Jong, Deanna, Donovan, Ken Ichi Abe, Extreme Conflict and Tropical Forests, Springer 2007:37–56, 2007; Hamid et al. 2022; Hamid and Cederman 2022; Jesse in The Palgrave Handbook of African Political Economy. Palgrave Macmillan, 2020; Alexis 2022). The discussion has even intensified given the consistent and higher demands for natural resources globally (Joshua et al. 2017; Olarenwaju 2020). Given this link, it has raised several questions.

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Olawale, Y., Ani, K.J., Obah-Akpowoghaha, G.N. (2023). Introducing Resource Conflicts and Governance in Africa. In: Ani, K.J. (eds) Resource Conflict and Environmental Relations in Africa. Palgrave Macmillan, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-19-7343-7_1

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