Warlord Business: CAR’s Violent Armed Groups and Their Criminal Operations for Profit and Power
Publisher: Enough Project
Author(s): Kasper Agger
Date: 2015
Topics: Extractive Resources
Countries: Central African Republic
“Warlord Business” is the second in a new series of in-depth, field research-driven reports on the dynamics of profit and power fueling war in the Horn, East and Central Africa. Violent kleptocracies dominate the political landscape of this region, leading to protracted conflicts marked by the commission of mass atrocities by state and non-state actors. Enough's Political Economy of African Wars series will focus on the key players in these conflicts, their motivations, how they benefit from the evolving war economies, and what policies might be most effective in changing the calculations of those orchestrating the violence–including both incentives and pressures for peace.