Experts predict that youth discontent and repressive regimes will lead to increased violence in Africa in 2024.
According to analysts, economic stagnation and disenchantment with political elites are driving conflict, crime, violence, and instability in Africa.
From north to south, east to west, Africa is facing significant levels of conflict not seen since the 1990s, when wars and genocides in Rwanda and Sudan claimed millions of lives, as reported by organizations monitoring violence on the continent.
In the Sahel region, following a series of coups, the military now controls four countries, stretching from Mauritania in the northwest to Eritrea in the northeast.
Jihadist groups with ties to ISIS and al-Qaeda are spreading fear throughout the continent, with African governments and international partners, including the United States, struggling to contain the rise of violent political Islam and resulting attacks leading to massacres.
The United Nations reports that over 25 million Sudanese individuals require humanitarian aid, with worsening food security leading to the world’s largest hunger crisis.
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