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by ethbr0 1089 days ago
It seems unlikely that omnipotent 3 letter agencies have been the cause of African strife for the last 30 years.

Economics does.

Nigeria, Egypt, and South Africa have decent economies, and they've followed the same path as many other developed countries.

Moving away from agriculture and raw resource extraction, building industry, and then identifying, incubating, scaling, and exporting services.

The fact that other countries in the region haven't done the same, specifically the largest Ethiopia and DRC, has more to do with internal civil wars.

Hopefully recent stability in Ethiopia and engaging additional generation capacity at the Grand Ethiopian Renaissance Dam will kickstart the Ethiopian economy.

(And no, civil wars aren't all started by 3 letter agencies)