On Africa’s “arbitrary” borders and their alleged impacts

Borders are not the leading cause of state weakness or political and economic underdevelopment in Africa

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Flag of the Union of African States (Ghana-Guinea-Mali Union) which existed between 1961-1963).

I: All borders are arbitrary

All borders are artificial, and arbitrarily refl…