Cause and Effect of Military Conflicts in the Context of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Fragile States
Cause and Effect of Military Conflicts in the Context of Sub-Saharan Africa’s Fragile States

Summary/Abstract: This article examines the influences of conflicts on state capacity in sub-Saharan Africa, an area that has experienced a top-heavy number of armed military conflicts and has a high presence in the Fragile States Index ranks. Yet, violent clashes and the capacity of the state are important for fragile and developing countries’ political specificity and socio-economic development. The fundamental goal of this article is to analyze the complex network of cause-and-effect factors influencing the condition of sub-Saharan African countries affected by armed conflict. In the context of these analyses, the basic research question concerns how military conflicts jeopardize the capacity of the state and its development opportunities. The above issues are related to the problem of shaping peacebuilding, as well as the socio-political and economic stability of fragile states by supporting development policy, the “rule of law,” and political transformation based on the principles of good-neighborly cooperation and development.

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