African national borders are afflicted by a multitude of troubles that straddle villages and communities. These can include military skirmishes, cattle rustling, terrorism, secessionist movements, smuggling, ethnic violence, people trafficking, irredentism, and agrarian revolts.
Border disputes have been a reality on the continent through the millennia. Precolonial Africa was hardly a setting of harmony and bliss between African peoples. Most kingdoms paid attention to territorial control and did adapt some precise boundaries. But border disputes are not exclusive to Africa, as the recent conflict between the Ukraine and Russia attests.
Border disputes have been a reality on Africa through the millennia. Today, close to 100 active border disputes exist across the continent.
