United Press International quotes CGD visiting fellow Chris Blattman on conflicts in Africa.
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"'I think it's undeniable that the trend is downwards in terms of deaths and number of conflicts,' Chris Blattman, post-doctoral fellow at the Center for Global Development, said in an interview. But 'it may be too soon to say if this is permanent or not -- this could be a lull, especially with the trouble we see breeding around the Central African Republic, Chad, Sudan and Northern Uganda right now.'
Tensions are running high between the governments of central Africa, with states commanding the allegiances of various well-established rebel groups. 'You may see proxy wars fought between Darfur rebel groups and the Lord's Resistance Army (a Ugandan rebel group), and rebels in Chad and government forces -- and they'll be using terror as a weapon, much as they have been in Darfur,' Blattman said."
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