How has the development of oil in the region led to economic development of the Sahara region?
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Natural resources have taken center stage in economic development issues for quite some time
now. Many researchers over the years have cautioned countries against the dangers that this
resource poses to the economy. Indeed looking back at the last three or four decades, it can be
hastily concluded that countries “blessed” with these resources do not seem to have any significant
economic growth advantage over those that have little or none of these major resources. At the
center of this unwelcomed phenomenon is the struggle of ownership and management of these
resources.
It is very common to hear of rebels and militant groups, fighting with governments and state
authorities over ownership and management of these resources. The case of various rebel groups
such as The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), the Ijaw Youth Council,
and the Niger Delta Vigilante all in Nigeria’s oil city of Niger Delta is just one example of the
emergence of militant groups struggling for ownership and management of natural resources with
state authorities. The ownership and management of the diamond resource in Sierra Leone has for
a long time been a struggle between the state authority and five major rebel groups (Revolutionary
United Front, Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, Civil Defence Forces, Kamajors, and West
Side Boys). Governments in sub-Saharan Africa have been accused of massive mismanagement
of its natural resources. It is therefore not surprising that, the birth and number of militant groups
has a positive relationship with the discovery of natural resources in this sub region
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now. Many researchers over the years have cautioned countries against the dangers that this
resource poses to the economy. Indeed looking back at the last three or four decades, it can be
hastily concluded that countries “blessed” with these resources do not seem to have any significant
economic growth advantage over those that have little or none of these major resources. At the
center of this unwelcomed phenomenon is the struggle of ownership and management of these
resources.
It is very common to hear of rebels and militant groups, fighting with governments and state
authorities over ownership and management of these resources. The case of various rebel groups
such as The Movement for the Emancipation of Niger Delta (MEND), the Ijaw Youth Council,
and the Niger Delta Vigilante all in Nigeria’s oil city of Niger Delta is just one example of the
emergence of militant groups struggling for ownership and management of natural resources with
state authorities. The ownership and management of the diamond resource in Sierra Leone has for
a long time been a struggle between the state authority and five major rebel groups (Revolutionary
United Front, Armed Forces Revolutionary Council, Civil Defence Forces, Kamajors, and West
Side Boys). Governments in sub-Saharan Africa have been accused of massive mismanagement
of its natural resources. It is therefore not surprising that, the birth and number of militant groups
has a positive relationship with the discovery of natural resources in this sub region
plz Mark at brainliest
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