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RE: The piece of the cold war nobody told you about - Africa's forgotten war - Regional Tensions.
As Africa began decolonization, which would result in the withdrawal of colonial powers, the soviets supported many of the independence movements in the hopes of setting up new states sympathetic to their cause and gaining some control of the mineral resources attached thereto.
No matter what region, it's always about mineral resources... This is where humanity fails