Nigeria, Oct. 13 -- Given the persistent complex nature of conflicts in Africa and within the context of local conditions, African leaders are feverishly in search for sustainable solutions. Ethiopian Prime Minister, Abiy Ahmed, has suggested that dealing with existing conflicts and disputes on the continent, it is necessary to mobilize collective efforts to resolve them and "must be confined to this continent and quarantined from the contamination of non-African interference."

But the key obstacle is related to gross weakness in the political governance system combined with underdevelopment, driving the unemployed to rise against the economic disparity. Ethnic clashes have become rampant due to claims of ownership and access to untappe...