Colonial carve-up: The 1884 borders that still profit the West

How the infamous Berlin Conference drew the continent's borders, which up till now fuel profits and generate conflicts

From the ongoing ethno-political conflict on the Congolese-Rwandan border to the violent tribal militias wreaking havoc across the Sahel region and the bloody battles over gold, phosphate, and cobalt mines in Central and East Africa, the legacy of the 1884 Berlin Conference conti