This top 10 list of most dangerous
countries in Africa is based on the degree
instability and danger that commonly
erupt in these countries. Most of these
countries are characterised by war and
political instability, acts of terrorism,
crimes against humanity. This list is
taken from the Global Peace Index report
of 2012. Global Peace Index has been
classifying 153 countries according to
how peaceful they are. The 2012 Global
Peace Index has actually discovered that
the world has become slightly more
peaceful when compared to the previous
year. The list considers renewed fighting,
the resurgence of political instability
including terrorist threats. Here is the list
of:

10 Most Dangerous Countries
in Africa

10. Ethiopia
Ethiopia comes up at number 10 on our
list of 10 most dangerous places in
Africa. Ethiopia has been involved in a
conflict with Eritrea for more than ten
years. Eritrea got her independence from
Ethiopia about 30 years ago following a
prolonged fight for freedom. The Border
disputes between Eritrea and Ethiopia
have been going on ever since Eritrea
broke free from Ethiopia in 1991. The
International Court of Justice had clearly
defined the borders between the 2
countries but there is still a tense
relationship between the nations. The
Ethiopia have not fully withdrawn from
the region.
There is also a group known as Oromo
Liberation Front which has been labeled
as outlaw and a terrorist organisation by
the Ethiopian government. The
organisation was started in 1973
by Oromo nationalists to promote self-
determination for the Oromo people
against what they call
“Abyssinian colonial rule”

9. Burundi
For the past 15 years, Burundi has known
political conflict and for more than a
decade, the local and regional peace
talks have been initiated. The
international community other peace
loving organisations have tried to find a
way out of the endless Burundian
conflicts but the outcome seems to be a
worsening state of political, economic
and social violence and inequalities.
The misaligned political interests have
fuelled these instabilities over the years.

8. Zimbabwe
Following the country’s presidential
election in 2008 between Robert Mugabe
and Morgan Tsvangirai, his main rival,
both claimed victory in the first round of
elections, Zimbabwe has regenerated a
wave of renewed violence and instability.
with the establishment of a system with
two-heads: president as Robert Mugabe
and Morgan Tsvangirai as Prime Minister
in 2009, the situation has eased off a
little bit.
Zimbabwe Peace Project reported a 15%
increase in human rights violations that
were “directly linked” to the new push for
polls in 2012 and 2 years
earlier, attempts by the Prime Minister to
develop the Constitution have been
sabotaged by the camp of Robert
Mugabe. Public meetings were banned,
arbitrary arrests, looting and ransacking,
have pushed the country into violence. In
general, Zimbabwean government has
remained a troubled coalition
characterised by bickering and stalemate.
The political impasse has impacted
negatively on the benefits of a good
governance and stalled Zimbabwe from
operating in its full capacity. It has
generally constrained peaceful political
participation as well as economic
progress.

7. Chad
Chad has drastically improved it’s
position by striking a more healthy
relationship with
her neighbouring countries. In the recent
past, Chad was politically insecure and
volatile. Ethnic clashes, banditry and
fighting between government forces and
rebel groups contributed to a worsening
security situation in the region. It was
reported that an estimated 180,000
Chadians were forced from their homes
within three years while 285,000 refugees
from the Central African Republic (CAR)
and the Darfur region of Sudan have fled
violence in their own countries and live in
refugee camps in eastern
Chad. The instability also impacted some
700,000 Chadians whose communities
have been disrupted by fighting and
strained by the presence of the displaced.

6. Nigeria
Nigeria, Africa’s most populous country
and home to over 155 million people is in
the midst of political, economic and
social instability. The north, central and
south eastern parts of Nigeria are the
most affected parts. In the recent times,
there has been a sharp increase in
religious conflict at the north of the
country where the killings of Muslims and
Christians have sent nearly 20,000 to
their death within the last decade. There
has also been an increase in acts of
terrorism and inhumanity against
government and public structures
including churches carried out by a sect
called Boko Haram.
The Movement for the Emancipation of
Niger Delta (MEND) operates in the
southern part of the country, attacking
the facilities and personnel of oil
companies. Kidnappings of expatriates
and attacks on oil pipelines are their
predilections. The Amnesty programme
initiated by the Federal Government seem
to have successfully reduced these
attacks on government properties But the
country is facing a rising wave of
kidnapping and corruption.

5. Libya
The crisis in Libya seized the attention of
the international community and has
been labeled a clear case for when timely
and decisive response to uphold response
in the face of an imminent threat of mass
atrocities should occur. The protests led
to the downfall of the authority of
Muammar Gaddafi in the east. Since
then, international intervention under the
authority of NATO has still not managed
to completely restore calm in the country.

4. Central African Republic
Despite the signing of a peace agreement
in 2008, some groups have not signed
the agreement and are still active. The
security situation in the Central African
Republic is growing more precarious by
the day as an insurgent coalition
advances toward the capital city of
Bangui. In south-east, the troops of the
Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) led by
Joseph Kony, continue unabated.
This group is part of the most violent in
the world, has expanded internationally
and is present in the DRC and southern
Sudan, where he is engaged in looting
and abductions of civilians.
The Central African Republic has recently
joined the list. Central African
Republic faces a devastating
humanitarian crisis that threatens to
plunge the population even deeper into
misery.

3. Democratic Republic of
Congo
A series of landmark and peer-reviewed
studies by the IRC and some of the
world’s leading epidemiologists conclude
that an estimated 5.4 million people died
from conflict-related causes in Congo
since 1998.
The Democratic Republic of the Congo
has faced a lot of border insecurity and
violence within. The massive influx of
refugees after the Rwandan genocide.
To the east, the Allied Democratic
Forces-National Army for the Liberation
of Uganda (ADF-NALU), Ugandan rebel
movement, is in conflict with the
Congolese government. This group is
related to the Shabab Somali
fundamentalist Islamic group linked to
al-Qaida.

2 – Sudan
Sudan is a country that has suffered
internal conflicts with serious political,
security and humanitarian consequences
over the years and the situation in has
worsened from the past 2 years.
Violence has flared along the border
since South Sudan became independent
last year. Conflicts have erupted in two
border states where communities
traditionally allied to the south found
themselves north of the border after
independence. The conflict in Darfur has
killed about 300,000 people, including
those due to famine and disease , and 2.7
million people have been displaced since
2003. The peace agreement signed in
2006 between the government and the
rebel Justice and Equality Movement
(JEM), one of the strongest rebel groups,
is fragile because all factions did not
sign.
In the South, thanks to self-determination
referendum in 2011, the conflict in
Southern Sudan is in the process of
healing. However, the situation in Abyei,
remains uncertain.

1 – Somalia
For over 20 years, Somalia has been in
the face of a civil war. There has been
constant conflict between the Transitional
Federal Government which is supported
by the United Nations and several groups
of Islamist rebels, some of which are
close to al-Qaida.
The government of Sheikh Sharif Sheikh
Ahmed seems to control part of the
capital Mogadishu, which happens to be
the scene of regular fighting between
both sides to maintain control.
With Somalia’s stability still foggy, over
20 percent of Somalis under the Office of
the United Nations for Refugees (UNHCR)
have fled the country controlled by fear.
Among all the sub-Saharan African
countries which experienced wars in the
past 10 years Rwanda have not been
ranked among the ten most dangerous
countries.

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There is no conflict in south east nigeria and MEND has never operated in the south east. Please modify your post, MEND no longer exist.

Nigeria suppose top that list.